[Verse]

Another hurried step escapes the light

Another thought is stifled out of fright

And when the day is over, so's the night

We just can't seem to get it right

So we tear others out of spite

Another fighting chance escapes the hand

Another hope is washed up on the sand

And yet we act like we don't understand

Why we can't have what we demand

We won't accept a reprimand

[Chorus]

We don't understand

No, we don't understand

What it takes to be a man

We don't understand

[Verse]

Another word of hate escapes the tongue

Another ladder's broken, rung by rung

But it's okay, cause songs were sadly sung

To mask the sound of crying lungs

And now the banner's being hung

[Chorus]

But we don't understand

No, we don't understand

Just what it takes to be a man

We don't understand

[Bridge]

See others' deep despair

Pretend it isn't there

Then we don't have to care, you see

There is no problem near

If you don't see or hear

What causes others fear, but we

We write our symphonies

We bring them to their knees

We still ignore the pleas of peace

[Chorus]

But we don't understand

No, we don't understand

What it takes to be a man

We don't understand