[Verse 1]
We must look like a couple of strangers
Sitting in a quiet room
You've been studying the patterns on the carpet
I've been studying you
You kept building higher walls
I kept busting through
We've been on this same road together
But somehow got a different view

[Chorus]
I thought I was telling you I love you
I thought I could make it up with words
I was trying so hard to reach you
But that's not what you heard

[Post-Chorus]
Oh-ohh

[Verse 2]
I might sound like a broken old record
Needle stuck in the groove
Saying the same thing over and over
Trying to get a message through
Damn thesе words I've always trusted
Wound up hurting you
It's only in the aftеrmath
We see the damage they can do
[Chorus]
I thought I was telling you I love you
I thought I could make it up with words
I was trying so hard to reach you
But that's not what you heard
Now I'm feeling every mile between us
And I wonder if I'll ever learn
That it doesn't matter how I mean it
If that's not what you heard

[Post-Chorus]
Oh-ohh
Oh-ohh
Oh yeah
Oh-ohh

[Chorus]
I thought I was telling you I love you
I thought I could make it up with words
I was trying so hard to reach you
But that's not what you heard
Now I'm feeling every mile between us
I wonder if I'll ever learn
That it doesn't matter how I mean it
If that's not what you heard
[Outro]
No, it doesn't matter how I mean it
If that's not what you heard
Oh-ohh
Oh-ohh