why

how many time do i have to try to tell you
that i'm sorry for the things i've done
but when i start to try to tell you
that's when you have to tell me
hey...this kind of trouble's only just begun
i tell myself too many times why don't you
learn to keep your big mouth shut
that's why it hurts so bad to hear the words
that keep falling from your mouth
falling from your mouth
falling from your mouth
tell me...why
why

i may be mad i may be blind
i may be viciously unkind
but i can still read what you're thinking
and i've heard it said too many times
that you'd be better off
besides
why can't you see this boat is sinking
this boat is sinking

let's go down to the water's edge
and we can cast away those doubts
some things are better left unsaid
but they still turn me inside out
tell me...why
tell me...why

this is the book i never read
these are the words i've never said
this is the path i'll never tread
these are the dreams i'll dream instead
this is the joy that's seldom spread
these are the tears
the tears we shed
this is the fear
this is the dread
these are the contents of my head
and these are the years that we have spent
and this is what they represent
and this is how i feel
do you know how i feel?
cause i don't think you know how i feel
you don't know what i feel

Annie Lennox