'Cause We Are Men

‘Cause we are men
And we will hide
All those feelings left to find
That we buried so deep
So far from our lips


I needed your strength, the love I sought
When she took my dreams
She had you first, my heart locked away
At her finger on that trigger
Her darkness filled me
I needed your light to shine on me
But you locked it inside, tossed the key away


   I didn’t see you need me, longing
   I couldn’t see your pain
   That you were calling me to be the man I said I was
   I had her first, I chose you last
   Her love my drug, blocking my view of you
   I needed to be loved by her
   Casting you aside, leaving you alone


‘Cause we are men
And we will hide
All those feelings left to find
That we buried so deep
So far from our lips


I tried to give you everything I could
Right words left unspoken
Trying to hide
From what you needed from me
But I loved you even if you didn’t see
and you lifted me when I tore you down

   I didn’t see you give me everything
   Wrong words spoken, my fists held high
   Trying to hide
   What I needed from you
   But you gave me love I couldn’t see
   Lifted me up as I tore you down


‘Cause we are men
And we will hide
All those feelings left to find
That we buried so deep
So far from our lips

Don’t you know I love you?
Don’t you know how I feel?
Don’t you know I need you?
Don’t you know?