(verse 1)

When i'm upset
And i want to die
I keep it on the inside
I just cry
When no one's around
Then i go to a happy place
And think about my home town
Down into the earth
Some place where i don't hurt
Where he can look my into my eyes
And know that i'm not just a lie
And understand everything i've been through
Doesn't he sound like someone that's not you

(pre-chorus)

Don't be crying
Don't be lying
Tell me the truth
About how you think
You like to say i understand
But you really don't
So put down your hand

(chorus)

I don't expect you to understand
What i came from
What i am
I don't want you to understand
You have a perfect life
You lived in a perfect land
I just don't expect
I don't expect you to understand
I don't expect you to understand
What i came from
What i am
I don't want you to understand
You have a perfect life
You lived in a perfect land
I just don't expect
I don't expect you to understand

(verse 2)

You had a perfect life
A perfect home
When you were young
You had the perfect throne
With that perfect smile
That lasts a while
I don't know how you don't cry
The first time you did
Was because you messed up on your perfect smile
I guess some people just aren't sad
Unlike me
Because i am
And i feel that's right for me
I can't ever picture me being happy
You had a good life
You had a good time
Everytime your upset
You get five dimes
In you whole life
You had 20 dimes
Getting upset only 3 times
You we're so special unlike me
You we're happy
You were a beautiful thing
And i wish i had a life like that
But i don't expect you to understand

(pre-chorus)

Don't be crying
Don't be lying
Tell me the truth
About how you think
You like to say i understand
But you really don't
So put down your hand

(chorus)

I don't expect you to understand
What i came from
What i am
I don't want you to understand
You have a perfect life
You lived in a perfect land
I just don't expect
I don't expect you to understand
I don't expect you to understand
What i came from
What i am
I don't want you to understand
You have a perfect life
You lived in a perfect land
I just don't expect
I don't expect you to understand

(ending)

I am sad
It's who i am
I don't expect you to understand
I don't want you to understand
No one understands