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Things get clear when I feel free
When whatever's next, comes easily
When gentle hands give life to me
When your eyes fill with tiny tears
When I'm this still you are my life (when I'm this still you are my life)
So at ease in the midnight sky (so at ease in the midnight sky)
But my insides will look like war (my insides will look like war)
Paralyzed except through my thought
So why so sad
You live and you love
So why so sad
Dependent on all above
Searching for the Dead Sea scrolls
So why, so why so sad
My smile as real as a hyena's (my smile as real as a hyena's)
Burns an expressway to my skull (burns an expressway to my skull)
But I'll stick myself together again
Spirit so low that I no longer pretend
So why so sad
You live and you love
So why so sad
Dependent on all above
Searching for the Dead Sea scrolls
So why, so why so sad
So why so sad
You live and you love
So why so sad
Dependent on all above
Searching for the Dead Sea scrolls
So why, so why so sad
So why, so why so sad
So why, so why so sad
When whatever's next, comes easily
When gentle hands give life to me
When your eyes fill with tiny tears
When I'm this still you are my life (when I'm this still you are my life)
So at ease in the midnight sky (so at ease in the midnight sky)
But my insides will look like war (my insides will look like war)
Paralyzed except through my thought
So why so sad
You live and you love
So why so sad
Dependent on all above
Searching for the Dead Sea scrolls
So why, so why so sad
My smile as real as a hyena's (my smile as real as a hyena's)
Burns an expressway to my skull (burns an expressway to my skull)
But I'll stick myself together again
Spirit so low that I no longer pretend
So why so sad
You live and you love
So why so sad
Dependent on all above
Searching for the Dead Sea scrolls
So why, so why so sad
So why so sad
You live and you love
So why so sad
Dependent on all above
Searching for the Dead Sea scrolls
So why, so why so sad
So why, so why so sad
So why, so why so sad
Lyrics submitted by Surrenderyourego
So Why So Sad Lyrics as written by Nicholas Jones James Bradfield
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management
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"Nick, as always, gave me the lyrics and they had some sort of naivity in them. That's why I chose that Beach Boys-like vocals." (James, Guitar 02/01)
"I think it's very difficult to make a literal interpretation of the song 'So Why So Sad' in terms of a video. The song starts off very romantic and cheerful and pretty and ends being quite dark and I think the video was trying to show that, that it's that kind of end of the '60s flower power gone wrong and everything on the verge of huge decay. Y'know, that people don't realise what's going on. The video is the beautiful people basically, the Californian beautiful people, y'know there's an army invasion going on but they're more interested in their suntans. So it does fit the song, but like I said it's not exactly a literal, a literal interpretation." (Nicky, thebaseonline.co.uk 02/01)