Here’s another sad love song for you guys. I’m not trying to dampen your spirits, I just thought I’d share this because I really like this one. This is called Reason Why by Rachel Yamagata from her Happenstance album and it’s included in the original motion picture soundtrack of The Last Kiss. I really liked this song the first time I heard it. And my favorite lines are “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.” Ouch!
REASON WHY
Rachel Yamagata
I think about how it might have been
We’d spend our days traveling
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 and hope for the best
And we can 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 wherever I find my place
I’ll track you on the radios
And I’ll sign 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 and 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 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
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 and hope for the best
And we can hang our heads down 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 know the reason why
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