<Tr> <Td> "Casual Affair" (1996) </Td> <Td> "If You Could Only See" (1997) </Td> <Td> "You Wanted More" (1999) </Td> </Tr> <P> "If You Could Only See" is a song by the American rock band Tonic . The song was released in April 1997 as part of the band's debut album, Lemon Parade . It remains Tonic's highest charting single in the United States, Canada, and Australia . "If You Could Only See" was a number - one hit on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks chart and reached number 11 on the Billboard Hot 100 Airplay chart, where it spent 63 weeks on the chart . </P> <P> In an Australian show (Live At The Chapel), Tonic lead vocalist Emerson Hart elucidated the meaning of this song . He stated that he had been in a relationship with an older woman and that his family did not approve of that relationship, and this song was written about that situation and was directed at his family . </P> <P> In another interview, Hart said, "When I was 21 or 22, I was in love with somebody who my mom did not feel was a good fit . So my family disowned me for about three years . And the last conversation I had with my mother when I was home I'd said,' if you could only see the way she loves me, maybe you would understand .' I just wrote that song, after that phone call, literally in a matter of minutes ." </P>

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