why things happen

you'll never know when your last breath's gonna fade like a july sunset

or how a tragedy like gravity holds you still while the world keeps spinnin'

it's hard not to question circumstances that leave you with nothin' to say

is there some kind of message? some kind of lesson? damn

life's hard to explain

oh god tell me why things happen

things happen like they do

leaves you thinking 'bout how time leaves you

it gets you all confused

in the blink of a moment

gone 'fore you know it

hits you right out of the blue

wonderin' why things happen

things happen like they do

how a child that's just been named can then be pulled from the arms of a mother

or a cross on the side of a two-lane road holds the memory of somebody's brother

you try not to question god and his judgement

but damn it

i don't understand

somebody tell me why things happen

things happen like they do

leaves you thinking 'bout how time leaves you

it gets you all confused

in the blink of a moment

gone 'fore you know it

hits you right out of the blue

you got me wonderin' why things happen

things happen like they do

your heart keeps on beatin'

through all of those feelings

that you thought you'd never get through

there must be a reason

our eyes are not seeing

everything we want them to

uh

so tell me why things happen

yeah yeah yeah

so tell me why things happen

things happen like they do

leaves you thinking 'bout how time leaves you

it gets you all confused

in the blink of a moment

gone 'fore you know it

hits you right out of the blue

wonderin' why things happen

things happen like they do