Understand
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Understand
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Am I asking all these questions for nothing?
I'm wondering if anyone's there
And I really need to make a confession
I hate to say that I'm a little bit scared
But I've been on this train too long
People gettin' off and on
I'm prayin' that I don't forget where I belong
And every time I ask myself
Am I turnin' into someone else?
I'm prayin' that I don't forget just who I am
I really wanna understand
I just wanna understand
I'm callin' all my friends after midnight, yeah
To remind 'em that I'll always be there for them
It gets lonely when there's no one to talk to
But it's good to know that somebody cares
'Cause I've been on this train too long
People gettin' off and on
I'm prayin' that I don't forget where I belong
And every time I ask myself
Am I turnin' into someone else?
I'm prayin' that I don't forget just who I am
I really wanna understand
I just wanna understand
'Cause we all get lost sometimes
We all get lost sometimes
Don't leave your heart behind
'Cause we all get lost sometimes
I really wanna understand
I just gotta understand
I just need to, I need to understand
I really wanna understand
Oh, who I am
When you wake up, your whole world's flipped
It's just different, and you gotta
You know, you gotta, you gotta go with it
And that's just simply growing up
And not see it in a negative way
If they see it as it has been given to you
I mean, as much as times can be crazy
You're gonna feel
Like that's where you're supposed to be
You're not gonna feel out of place anymore
You're gonna feel like that's where you were meant to be
You don't have to pretend that it's easy all the time
You just let it go, and, and grow with it
And you can't hold on to the old you
Or the old this, or the old that
Because you know you change
And not changing in a bad way
It's just changing because that's what happens in life
You grow up
Everyone moves on
You're just learning
Stay true to yourself
Changing isn't a bad thing, it never was
But at the end of the day, you know
You're the same person
And, and where your heart is
That doesn't change
And every time I ask myself
Am I turnin' into someone else?
And I just pray to God that I'm still who I am
I really wanna understand
I just gotta understand, yeah
No, I just need to, I need to understand
I really wanna understand
Oh, who I am
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Who performs "Understand"?
Shawn Mendes performs "Understand", and this lyric page sits inside the Shawn Mendes catalog on LyroVerse.
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Yes. The related section below points to I Know What You Did Last Summer (feat. Camila Cabello) and If I Can't Have You with a short reason for opening each page next.
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