you say I only hear what I want to you say I talk so all the time so and I thought what I felt was simple and I thought that I don't belong and now that I am leaving now I know that I did something wrong 'cause I missed you yeah, I missed you and you say I only hear what I want to: I don't listen hard I don't pay attention to the distance that you're running to anyone, anywhere I don't understand if you really care I'm only hearing negative no, no, no so I turned the radio on I turned the radio up and this woman was singing my song: the lover's in love, and the other's run away the lover is crying 'cause the other won't stay some of us hover when we weep for the other who was dying since the day they were born well, this is not that I think that I'm throwing but I'm thrown and I thought I'd live forever but now I'm not so sure you try to tell me that I'm clever but that won't take me anyhow or anywhere with you you said that I was naive and I thought that I was strong I thought, "hey, I can leave, I can leave." but now I know that I was wrong 'cause I missed you you said, "You caught me 'cause you want me and one day you'll let me go." "you try to take away a keeper or keep me 'cause you know you're just so scared to lose. and you say, "stay." you say I only hear what I want to