Why

I started small and made paper boats,

In a dirty sink full of rain water, in a house, no roof

Took a hard knock,took a hard note!

Had to learn how to wear the pain as a cloak

Because I loved too loud,

too hard, too fast

Got my hands burned clean

So I stitched up the cracks with broken glass

called that self-esteem[Solo]

When the floor gives way

When I hear my name

In a broken place

I found my shame

why am I this way?

(Why am i this way, Tell me why?)

I couldn’t save

(I couldn’t save)

I bend,& ibreak,then rise again

That’s why I’m this way

(why I’m this way)

every door that slammed, (kept)I kept

every cold goodbye, (kept) I kept

Turned those bruises on my hands

Into a sharper light

Now I move unseen

After the sky splits into darkness

Not because I lost my love

Because I let it die, I let it die

When the floor gives way

In a broken place

I find my shame

When I hear my name I ask,

why am I this way?

(Why I’m this way)

Built from what I couldn’t save

(I couldn’t save)

Ibend & ibreak then rise again

why am i this way

(why Im this way)

I was born of steel

I was the fire in the dark

Every scar was a wheel

Pushing me toward this cold heart

turns the sound to silence,

Now the lost cum back in waves

Whats burnt underground

Is the reason I wont behave

Oh-oh, run it back

Oh-oh, bring it back

Oh-oh, hear is say

This is how we turn time back

This is why I am this way

(I’m this way)

From what I couldn’t save

(I couldn’t save)

Ibend, & Ibreak, then rise again

why am I this way?

(why I’m this way)

why am I this way?

(I’m this way)

every scar ,

(Aches)

Ibend &,i break, then rise again

why am I this way?

(why I’m this way)

I started small, grabed her hand

Every touch a tease

Every yes was a test,

I tried not to break, had to stay straight, that's when she noticed

Her hands were cold on me

We made a fire in the night

I could see it in her eyes, it was fire

Through the static like rain, It was fire,

She said my name

Inside, I quaked

My heart went mile after mile

(Mile after mile)

She kept it alive

I kept it wild

My heart went mile after mile

(Mile after mile)

That’s why I’m this way

She showed me things I never new

Let the real me burst out, she found love in the aftermath & in the hot heavy nights,we found some truth

& gave back what was given

In A soft hand with a sharper bite

She came, came

Through the static she came, again

Then she said my name,Inside she quaked

Her heart went mile after mile[Bridge]

(Mile after mile)

I kept it alive

She kept it wild

My heart went mile after mile(mile)

Her heart went mile after mile(mile)

And That’s why we're this way

Thats how We survived

If you see us now

You see the scars sing of our past

Every door we close Gives back wings

Let us rise we dont fear the sky

Let it burn right through the night

Our hearts went mile after mile

(Mile after mile)

We kept it alive &

We kept it wild &

Alive & wild

Wild & alive

We're alive&wild alive