9. THAT'S WHY

LYRICS

Sometimes my brain’s like a broken record

Skipping the parts that make it sound better

Idling lonely, only slightly out of key

Take a hot shower

Bow to the coffee

“Own your own power”

Blares from the pulpit we call TV

And that’s why

I can’t hear you when I close my eyes

All I can hear are the sounds of whirring machines

Take me away to the paradise beyond the screens

Passing cars are the poor man’s ocean

Reminds me of summer and suntan lotion

What I wouldn’t give to go back to that place

Hands on the wheel

Tune out the chatter

Try not to feel

Hold on for Saturday

And that’s why

I can’t hear you when I close my eyes

All I can hear are the sounds of warring machines

Take me away to the paradise beyond the screens

So I’m sitting here thinking of you

And 1500 other things to do

And I know that’s why

You’ve just become one of them

So I start to make a new choice

And my heart remembers your voice

Quiet as a hum

I know you’re close when you feel so far away

I know you’re close (I know you’re close)

When you feel so far away

I know you’re close (I know you’re close)

When you feel so far away

I know you’re close (I know you’re close)

When you feel so far away

I know you’re close when you feel so far away