Protection

I tried so hard to make yousmile
 For once I tried to be myself
 So I never tried again
 I made you scared I made you cry
 And you tried to tell me how you feel
 I couldn't hear you say a thing
 You tried to tell me how you feel
 chorus:
 I wasn't listening, I wasn't listening
 Now they fill us with fear
 It took me twenty-nine years to reach perfection
 Your voice disappears
 computerized rejections
 on a bad connection
 It gets lonely out here
 are you protecting me
 I need protection, please
 Now I found a way to make you smile
 Pretending I am someone else
 more than I missed myself
 You found a way to keep it inside
 to a point where you can't feel a thing
 Cause I really missed your smile
 and silence suits us fine
 when we're not listening
 no, we're not listening
 It took me twenty-nine years to reach perfection
 Your voice disappears
 computerized rejections
 on a bad connection
 It gets lonely out here
 are you protecting me
 I need protection, please
 are you protecting me
 are you protecting me
 are you protecting me...