Tell Me Why

from The Reflection Will Guide Us by Tape Age

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Don't wanna talk about it
'Cause I'd have to think about it

I'm sure he fits just right
Night after magic night
Much better than I ever could,
I suppose

So tell me why
Am I wondering what she's doing tonight
Tell me why
Am I drinking her off my mind
Tell me why
Are her messages still in my phone
Tell me why
Without her
No matter who I'm out with
I still feel so alone

I'd stop this backward motion
If I let go of the notion

That happiness I'll never find
Unless she's right here by my side
And somehow, life's travails will fall behind
I suppose

So tell me why
Am I wondering what she's doing tonight
Tell me why
Am I drinking her off my mind
Tell me why
Are her pictures still in my phone
Tell me why
Without her
No matter who I'm out with
I still feel so alone

I should be living like a king
So many fish in this vast sea

And not give up on life too soon
Measured out in coffee spoons
Embittered, facing self-inflicted doom
I suppose

So tell me why
Am I wondering what she's doing tonight
Tell me why
Am I drinking her off my mind
Tell me why
Is her number still in my phone
Tell me why
Without her...

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from The Reflection Will Guide Us, released October 10, 2015

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