Tell You Why (song #124)

Tell You Why

The fuse is lit and I don’t know what set the spark

I cannot recall what got me to this dark

Place I seem to go when I run the steps

I seem to catch myself just before the edge

The candle burns but I don’t hold the flame

Sometimes I swear it’s just an endless game

I play when I believe that there’s no one there

When I believe that no one’s gonna care

I cannot tell you why I fly so high

I cannot tell you why I have to keep moving

I cannot tell you why I cannot wait for you

I cannot tell you why 

I cannot tell you why

A moment comes as a (simple) push to the brink

I am forced to choice between feel and think

Through the course I that lies ahead for me to take

My will can bend and in the end it might (even) break

I cannot tell you why I fly so high

I cannot tell you why I have to keep moving

I cannot tell you why I cannot wait for you

I cannot tell you why 

I cannot tell you why

See the line

As it passes by

A perfect fit

As I step over it

The rush is gone (but) the feeling lingers

Like endless grains of sand through fingers

Still nothing is really there to hold

As questions eclipses all that I know

I cannot tell you why I fly so high

I cannot tell you why I have to keep moving

I cannot tell you why I cannot wait for you

I cannot tell you why 

I cannot tell you why

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