why...

VERSE

It’s been five years since you held my hand

You’ve been holding hers longer than you ever held mine

I wonder if she holds you like I did

I guess if she does, that’s fine

But if you hold her like you held me,

Don’t tell me

Keep me on the line



CHORUS

There was darkness, yeah, but there was so much light

I wanted you, you wanted me, it was just so right

The days are so long past

We burned so bright that I knew it could never last

But still, there’s really only one thing that I cry

And it’s “Why?”



VERSE

Sometimes I think that you must be happy

Or at least I think that you must think that you’re happy

‘Cause if you still think of me like I think of you

You wouldn’t be happy, you couldn’t be

You couldn’t be happy

Without you and me.



CHORUS

There was darkness, yeah, but there was so much light

I wanted you, you wanted me, it was just so right

The days are so long past

We burned so bright that I knew it could never last

But still, there’s really only one thing that I cry

And it’s “Why?”



VERSE

I saw you both one day at the park

I almost stopped and said hi, but you smiled at her

And it was like sun and stars

And I felt my heart shatter

The bigger your smile, the bigger the break

And I guess you and I

We didn’t really matter.



CHORUS

There was darkness, yeah, but there was so much light

I wanted you, you wanted me, it was just so right

The days are so long past

We burned so bright that I knew it could never last

But still, there’s really only one thing that I cry

And it’s “Why?”



BRIDGE

I remember every caress

I remember every promise



CHORUS

There was darkness, yeah, but there was so much light

I wanted you, you wanted me, it was just so right

The days are so long past

We burned so bright that I knew it could never last

But still, there’s really only one thing that I cry

And it’s “Why?”



You and I didn’t really matter

And I just wonder why