You ask me how I'm feeling

I only wish you knew

How hard it is for me to share

Share that kind of thing with you



It's not that I don't love you

It's just I can't connect

'Cause I was taught from much too young

To shine and not reflect



And if you sense a smoke screen here

A trick of the dry ice

Just try to see there's more to me

Than sour grapes and sugar mice



Just try to understand

I don't say all I can

A stranger to myself, I am

An accidental man



You ask me if I'm happy

I only wish I knew

'Cause happiness is not a thing

I ever learned to do



It's not that I'm complaining

It's all the same to me

If everything that happens

Happens accidentally



Just try to understand

I don't say all I can

A stranger to myself, I am

An accidental man

A stranger to myself, I am

An accidental man



I was taught for every secret

There's a price you have to pay

Yes, I was taught for every secret

There's a price you have to pay

I was taught from much too young

To never give myself away



Just try to understand

I don't say all I can

A stranger to myself, I am

An accidental man

Just try to understand

I don't do all I can

A mystery to burned-out love

An accidental man