I understand  I understand  I know how you feel, when you say you're sick Your heart is breaking, and it's hard to stick I understand the pain, the tears, the strife I grow to understand, the sorrow in your life It's years of tears, and tears that won't dry We've passed through it all, and wondered why We understand the ache, the heart's deep pain The weight of sorrow, that refuses to wane Do you know why others can't cry anymore? Their tears have dried up, their hearts turned to stone once more It's sorrows and agony, a relentless refrain But nothing I can do, to stop this heartache and pain I know you wonder why I can't cry anymore My tears are exhausted, my heart numb to the core We're left with just a hollow ache A sorrow that echoes, a heart that's about to break We understand the pain, the tears, the strife But can't escape the agony, the sorrow that's our life