CAN YOU UNDERSTAND by DKZ               Are our worlds really so different               Can our minds be miles apart               Do we live in complete confusion               Is it really games without heart               Do you understand the fear I feel               The hatred that is hidden inside of me               The ambivalence and the pain               The past that just had to be               Can you understand my phone calls               My need for someone to understand               The necessity to think and talk               To attempt to make the confusion end               Do you know why I need to belong               In a world where I don't feel a part               Do you understand the aloneness               Of which connection has no part               Do you really see how I exist in life               Not for myself or for others who care               But to prove myself and my existence               To show that I really don't care               Can you see why I needed to escape               The disaster that seemed to follow me               To dissociate was to not remember or feel               And therefore to continue to be               Do you know what it's like to fail               From the moment conceived into life               How dreams can become nightmares               And life a war zone almost overnight               Can you understand why I can't trust               And believe in people who claim to care               Do you understand my need to               My past that says I don't dare               Can you understand the superficial talk               The defenses that for survival have to be               The need to be and feel completely real               The fears that say it can't be my reality               Can you see there is no single identity for me               When the individual "I" gets lost in "We"               The need to function in a world               Where others only understand "Me"               My friends I'll tell you               You mean a lot to me               You time, your words, your patience               Often help me see a reason to be               Cries for help often go unheard               As we talk about the sun               Desperation really means               That it seems the battle can't be won               Existence goes on day after day               As life continues to march on by               The desire to shoot for a star               The inability to see the sky               For time has a way of changing               The people we once used to be               Truths often turn into lies               As in time the reality we see               So when the question comes to why               Maybe I should just simply say               That if there's an answer to all this               I guess that it's just that way