Lyrics

Did you think i wasn't listening when you told me all your secrets
when you tried to bare your lonely soul and tell me all your truth
did you think i didn't hear you as you hid yourself in torment
as you fumbled for a reason as you vainly searched for truth
of the need for your existence and the constant touch of pain
did you think i didn't listen, must you say it all again
or do you have to reassess it all and find the part that's missing
or perhaps you didn't hear me when i told you i was listening

Did you think my mind had wandered when you told me of the sadness
that the world had loaded on you did you think i missed the sorrow
did you think it didn't matter that the things you said were honest
and were a part of all my yesterdays and all of my tomorrow
or did you think i didn't care, you should have known me better
i heard each word and dwelt on it, i marked down every letter
but it seems you had to tell me, seems you had to keep insisting
but perhaps you didn't hear me when i told you i was listening

Did my carelessness amuse you as it tried to run for shelter
did you see my studied disconcern as a desperate kind of hoping
was my need for pure solitude a prayer for all the wounded
did you find a kind of solace in my brave display of coping
it's not just you who bleeds so red and binds the wound with humour
and thinks we're born to die alone and love is just a rumour
did you never think i saw it all each tiny drop still glistening
but perhaps you never heard me when i told you i was listening