You've got a T-shirt emblazoned

With "Nobody Misunderstands Me"

And you've tried writing "Controversial"

But despair at your lack of infamy

You say, "I wanna be misunderstood

Nobody misunderstands me

If the world would listen, it would hear my cry

I don't know myself and I wonder why"

And you're longing for heroes

As you're fumbling through their philosophies

And it's not quite conversation

When you're speaking of things that you don't believe

You say, "I wanna be misunderstood

Nobody misunderstands me

If the world would listen, it would hear my cry

I don't know myself and I wonder why"

It's not good to be messed up

When there's no cameras around

Come on, get up, get your chin off the ground

We've all been there, we've all played the parts

And falling together comes from falling apart

And you say, "I wanna be misunderstood

Nobody misunderstands me

If the world would listen, it would hear my cry

I don't know myself and I wonder why"

Nobody misunderstands me

But here's the advice that my T-shirt gives

I know myself

I know myself

I know myself and I wanna live