Misunderstood

Lyrics written by John Petrucci

Music written by John Myung, John Petrucci,

Mike Portnoy, and Jordan Rudess







Waiting

In the calm of desolation

Wanting to break

From this circle of confusion



Sleeping

In the depths of isolation

Trying to wake

From this daydream of illusion



How can I feel abandoned even when the world surrounds me

How can I bite the hand that feeds the strangers all around me

How can I know so many

Never really knowing anyone



If I seem superhuman

I have been

Misunderstood



It challenges the essence of my soul

And leaves me in a state of disconnection

As I navigate the maze of self control



Playing a lion being led to a cage

I turn from a thief to a beggar

From a god to God save me



How can I feel abandoned even when the world surrounds me

How can I bite the hand that feeds the strangers all around me

How can I know so many

Never really knowing anyone



If I seem superhuman

I have been

Misunderstood



Playing a lion being led to a cage

I turn from surreal to seclusion

From love to disdaid

From belief to delusion

From a thief to a beggar

From a god to God save me



How can I feel abandoned even when the world surrounds me

How can I bite the hand that feeds the strangers all around me

How can I know so many

Never really knowing anyone



If I seems superhuman

I have been

Misunderstood






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