Rejection tars the roads where I have been   Still I'm holdin' on to the same dream   Came through fire and the pourin' rain   To be told that I'm the one to blame      Misunderstood   (Never thought that I would)   Didn't know that I could be   (Misunderstood)   Misunderstood   (Never thought that I would)   No, no, didn't know that I could be   (Misunderstood)      Chasin' shadows and they'll never know   The truth about us and their fears will grow   Only we know what has not been told   We'll meet in secret in the fields of gold      Misunderstood   (Never thought that I would)   I didn't know that I could be   (Misunderstood)   Misunderstood   (Never thought that I would)   I didn't know that I could be   (Misunderstood)      So now they come to see me cry   Too late now, the well's run dry   I know they think, I'm puttin' chains on you   Let the fools believe, it's what they wanna do      Misunderstood   (Never thought that I would)   Didn't know that I could be   (Misunderstood)   Misunderstood   (Never thought that I would)   I didn't know that I could be   (Misunderstood)      I didn't know, I didn't know that I could   I didn't know, I didn't know that I would   I didn't know, I didn't know that I could   I didn't know, I didn't know that I would      I didn't know, I didn't know that I could   I didn't know, I didn't know that I would   I didn't know, I didn't know that I could   I didn't know, I didn't know that I would