My Little Reason Why - Lisa Hannigan

I think about how it might have been We'd spend out days travelin' It's not that I don't understand you It's not that I don't want to be with you But you only wanted me The way you wanted me So, I will head out alone, hope for the best And we hang our heads down As we skip the goodbyes And you can tell the world what you want them to hear I've got nothing left to lose, my dear So, I'm up for the little white lies But you and I know the reason why I'm gone, and you're still there I'm gone, and you're still there I'm gone, and you're still there I'll buy a magazine searching for your face From coast to coast, or where ever I find my place I'll track you on the radio, and I'll find your list in a different name But as close as I get to you It's not the same So, I will head out alone, hope for the best We can pat ourselves on the back As say that we tried And if one of us makes it big We can spill our regrets And talk about how the love never dies But you and I know the reason why I'm gone, you're still there I'm gone, you're still there I'm gone, and you're still there So, steal the show, and do your best To cover the tracks that I have left I wish you well and hope you find Whatever you're looking for The way I might've changed my mind, But you only showed me the door So, I will head out alone, hope for the best We can pat ourselves on the back And say that we tried And if one of us makes it big We can spill our regrets And talk about how the love never dies But you and I, you and I, you and I know the reason why.

I look at myself, the person in the mirror is asking me Asking me why I lie to myself What's the meaning of this charade of the reason why 'Cause no one else knows me quite better than I I know myself, but that doesn't stop me from asking myself The reason why, no reason why Why we lie to ourselves or anyone else No reason why and no reason why Why we lie to ourselves or anyone else I look inside my life 'cause I can see the things That no one else can see about the real me 'Cause it's only the outside you really see So don't ask me why, I keep inside the things that I choose to hide Still it dosen't stop me from asking myself The reason why, no reason why Why we lie to ourselves or anyone else No reason why and no reason why Why we lie to ourselves or anyone else Gets me farther behind Cheaters never prosper, I've heard that line Still it keeps me set in my ways Look me up after you've found out The reason why, no reason why Why we lie to ourselves or anyone else No reason why, no reason why Why we lie to ourselves or anyone else

I was adrift and Caught in the ropes Under a pinhole sky Blowing off course Bleach me to silver Under the moon Pulling the water round And me to you I'm going home I'm going home Won't you come with me? Won't you come with me? You'll be the boat and I'll be the sea Won't you come with me? Won't you come with me?

He went to sea for the day He wanted to know what to say When he's asked what he'd done In the past to someone That he loves endlessly Now she's gone, so is he I went to war every morning I lost my way but now I'm following What you said in my arms What I read in the charms That I love durably Now it's dead and gone and I am free I went to sleep for the daytime I shut my eyes to the sunshine Turned my head away from the noise Bruise and drip decay of childish toys That I loved arguably All our labouring gone to seed Went out to play for the evening We wanted to hold onto the feeling On the stretch in the sun And our breathlessness as we run To the beach endlessly As the sun creeps up on the sea

She sings sweet things To the ones that take her home After the laughter She's left stuck on her own I know dust grows Even when there is a breeze Can't move, can't grow When you've fallen on your knees She talks at night When nobody is there Asking for signs To show they really care Love, please surround me I know I've got more to give There are reasons to leave But a thousand more to live Will it be this way tomorrow? After all that's been today Will it be this way tomorrow? I don't know, but I won't fade Love, please, surround me I know I've got more to give There are reasons to leave But a thousand more to live But a thousand more to live

What you at my gentie spoken friend I lack a frame to put you in When you're an ocean and a rock away I feel you in the pocket of my overcoat My fingers wrap around your words And take the shape of games we play I feed your words through my buttonholes I pin them to my fingerless gloves, green and prone to fraying Thoughts of you, warm my bones I'm on the way I'm on the phone Lets get lost, me and you An ocean and a rock is nothing to me I am far away from where you lay Awake the day while you fall to sleep An ocean and a rock away I keep you in the pockets of my dresses And the bristles of my brushes spin You into my curls today I spoon you into my coffee cup Spin you through a delicate wash I wear you all day, I wear you all day Thoughts of you, warm my bones I'm on the way I'm on the phone Lets get lost, me and you An ocean and a rock is nothing to me Thoughts of you, you warm my bones I'm on the way, I'm nearly home Lets get lost, me and you An ocean and a rock is nothing to me