Missed the meeting, missed the meeting   Where my friends discussed why   I'm not around, I'm not around   You say I don't know who my real friends are   All I know is my real friends aren't   Talking behind my back, talking behind my back      Assuming things before they even ask me   Why I'm not behaving like I should   In their mind's eye, but they don't even know me   And I don't think they ever could      Missed the meeting, missed the meeting   Where my friends discussed why   I'm not around, I'm not around   If it's really important for you to say   Then you can say it to my face   Stop hiding out, stop hiding out      Assuming things before they even ask me   Why I'm not behaving like I should   In their mind's eye but they don't even know me   And I don't think they ever could      Maybe you fear what you don't know   And it hurts too much just to let it go   So instead you make excuses   And they turn into demands      I would try to make it up to you   But now I don't think I can   'Cause you're gonna make me pay   For what I've done to you      Yeah, you're gonna make me pay   For what I've put you through   But I don't want to hear you say   What you need from me   When all things I've done   Don't pave the way      Missed the meeting, missed the meeting   Where my friends discussed why I'm not around   I'm not around if it's really important for you to say   Then you can say it to my face   Stop hiding out, stop hiding out      Assuming things before they even ask me   Why I'm not behaving like I should   In their mind's eye, but they don't even know me   And I don't think they ever could      Assuming things before they even ask me   Why I'm not behaving like I should   In their mind's eye, but they don't even know me   And I don't think they ever could