[00:00.84]I know you
[00:02.09]You were too short
[00:04.78]You had bad skin
[00:07.41]You couldn't talk to them very well
[00:10.47]Words didn't seem to work
[00:13.28]They lied when they came out of your mouth
[00:16.91]You tried so hard to understand them
[00:20.16]You wanted to be part of what was happening
[00:23.34]You saw them having fun
[00:25.41]And it seemed like such a mystery
[00:27.85]Almost magic
[00:29.72]Made you think that there was something wrong with you
[00:33.16]You'd look in the mirror and try to find it
[00:35.97]You thought that you were ugly
[00:38.22]And that everyone was looking at you
[00:40.85]So you learned to be invisible
[00:43.22]To look down
[00:44.72]To avoid conversation
[00:47.10]The hours  days  weekends
[00:51.10]Ah  the weekend nights alone
[00:53.97]Where were you
[00:55.41]In the basement
[00:55.91]In the attic
[00:57.41]In your room
[00:58.47]Working some job - just to have something to do
[01:02.04]Just to have a place to put yourself
[01:04.41]Just to have a way to get away from them
[01:06.85]A chance to get away from the ones that made you feel
[01:10.04]So strange and ill at ease inside yourself
[01:12.41]Did you ever get invited to one of their parties
[01:15.85]You sat and wondered if you would go or not
[01:19.04]For hours you imagined the scenarios that might transpire
[01:23.35]They would laugh at you
[01:25.60]If you would know what to do
[01:27.66]If you'd have the right things on
[01:30.10]If they would notice that you came from a different planet
[01:33.61]Did you get all brave in your thoughts
[01:36.53]Like you going to be able to go in there and deal with it
[01:39.53]And have a great time
[01:41.10]Did you think that you might be the life of the party
[01:44.54]That all these people were gonna talk to you and you
[01:47.72]Would find out that you were wrong
[01:49.67]That you had a lot of friends and you weren't so
[01:51.80]Strange after all
[01:53.42]Did you end up going
[01:55.67]Did they mess with you
[01:57.42]Did they single you out
[01:59.17]Did you find out that you were invited because they
[02:02.05]Thought you were so weird
[02:04.11]Yeah  I think I know you
[02:06.99]You spent a lot of time full of hate
[02:09.49]A hate that was pure sunshine
[02:13.11]A hate that saw for miles
[02:15.67]A hate that kept you up at night
[02:18.24]A hate that filled your every waking moment
[02:21.99]A hate that carried you for a long time
[02:24.99]Yes  I think I know you
[02:27.74]You couldn't figure out what they saw in the way they lived
[02:31.74]Home was not home
[02:34.43]Your room was home
[02:36.55]A corner was home
[02:38.55]The place they weren't  that was home
[02:42.61]I know you
[02:44.43]You're sensitive and you hide it because you fear
[02:48.30]Getting stepped on one more time
[02:51.12]It seems that when you show a part of yourself that is
[02:54.25]The least bit vulnerable someone takes advantage of you
[02:58.69]One of them steps on you
[03:00.63]They mistake kindliness for weakness
[03:04.06]But you know the difference
[03:06.38]You've been the brunt of their weakness for years
[03:09.44]And strength is something you know a bit about because
[03:13.13]You had to be strong to keep yourself alive
[03:16.07]You know yourself very well now
[03:18.88]And you don't trust people
[03:20.69]You know them too well
[03:23.69]You try to find that special person
[03:26.57]Someone you can be with
[03:28.63]Someone you can touch
[03:30.26]Someone you can talk to
[03:31.88]Someone you don't feel so strange around
[03:34.51]And you find that they don't really exist
[03:37.26]You feel closer to people on movie screens
[03:40.57]Yeah  I think I know you
[03:43.57]You spend a lot of time daydreaming
[03:46.82]And people have made comment to that effect
[03:49.69]Telling you that you're self involved  and self centred
[03:53.45]But they don't know  do they
[03:55.88]About the long night shifts alone
[03:58.76]About the years of keeping yourself company
[04:01.76]All the nights you wrapped your arms around yourself
[04:04.88]So you could imagine someone holding you
[04:07.44]The hours of indecision  self doubt
[04:11.06]The intense depression
[04:13.23]The blinding hate
[04:15.17]The rage that made you stagger
[04:17.86]The devastation of rejection
[04:20.36]Well  maybe they do know
[04:23.42]But if they do  they sure do a good job of hiding it
[04:26.97]It astounds you how they can be so smooth
[04:31.03]How they seem to pass through life as if life itself
[04:35.78]Was some divine gift
[04:37.72]And it infuriates you to watch yourself with your
[04:41.34]Apparent skill at finding every way possible to screw it up
[04:46.22]For you life is a long trip
[04:49.03]Terrifying and wonderful
[04:51.47]Birds sing to you at night
[04:54.41]The rain and the sun the changing seasons are true friends
[04:59.60]Solitude is a hard won ally  faithful and patient
[05:05.03]Yeah  I think I know you