I Don't Know Why We Are Fighting

[Verse 1]
We wake up ready for a fight again,
Not fists or flags, just words we throw.
I come armed with half a truth,
You with something I don’t know.
[Pre-Chorus]
Circling round the same old point,
Like it’s worth the cost of it all.
[Chorus]
I don’t know why we are fighting,
Shouting words we can’t undo.
If love’s the thing we’re holding on to,
Then why do we keep coming back to you?
I don’t know why we are fighting,
I can’t read the reason through.
[Verse 2]
Every look’s a loaded line,
Every sigh a battle cry.
We argue over little things,
And pretend it’s do or die.
[Chorus]
I don’t know why we are fighting,
Round and round the same old track.
If love’s the prize we’re meant to win,
Why do we keep circling back?
[Bridge]
Maybe it started as something true,
Something worth defending hard.
Now it’s just habit, just momentum,
Just seeing who leaves the deepest mark.
[Verse 3]
We argue like the world’s a crowd,
Like someone’s keeping score.
But when you turn and walk away,
I forget what I was yelling for.
[Chorus / Outro]
I don’t know why we are fighting,
All this noise and no one wins.
If love is still what we’re meant to feel,
Why do we keep arguing again?
I don’t know why we are fighting,
Let it be us…
Not the fight at all.

A military marching band stumbles into acid house patterns with detuned brass and authoritarian swagger.