Lyrics Kevin Devine

Kevin Devine

No Why

When they find you in the back bay

Bits and pieces by the back bay

No one asks, "Is this a war?"

You lace your boots & go to war

Set the shot, I put my gun away

Do the work, I throw my gun away

Don't question anymore

Not burdened anymore

I weigh the world on a sliding scale, and I

Wouldn't worry if "heads" or "tails" decides

We're all strapped to the spinning wheel

And there's a blindfolded man in a tux throwing knives

There's no why

There's no why

There's no why

There's no why

In the pulpit, in the alleyway

In the bear pit out at Heaven's Gate

It's not a culture, it's a cult

Not a circle, it's a hole

I used to think it'd all come back again

Less a question of "if" than "where" and "when"

Life, looping & infinite

I was protecting myself

Once it's finished, it's finished

There's no why

There's no why

There's no why

There's no why

Iron & ink

Oil & oxygen

The trick of the trick:

We're who we've always been

There's no why

There's no why

There's no why

There's no why

There's no why

There's no why

There's no why

There's no why