Open Secrets
(Rush)

It went right by me--
At the time it went over my head
I was looking out the window
I should have looked at your face instead

It went right by me--
Just another wall
There should have been a moment
When we let our barriers fall
I never meant what you're thinking--
That's not what I meant at all

Well, I guess we all have these feelings
We can't leave unreconciled
Some of them burned on our ceilings,
Some of them learned as a child
The things that we're concealing,
Will never let us grow
Time will do its healing,
You've got to let it go

Closed for my protection--
Open to your scorn
Between these two directions
My heart is sometimes torn

I lie awake with my secrets
Spinning 'round my head
Something that somehow escaped me
Something you shouldn't have said
I was looking out the window
I should have looked at your face instead

Well, I guess we all have these feelings
We can't leave unreconciled
Some of them burned on our ceilings,
Some of them learned as a child
The things that we're concealing,
Will never let us grow
Time will do its healing,
You've got to let it go

Finding no absolution
In my rational point of view
Maybe some things are instinctive,
But there's one thing new to do
You could try to understand me--
I could try to understand you. . .