You'll never know when your last breath's gonna fade like a July sunset Oh, how a tragedy like gravity holds you still while the world keeps spinning It's hard not to question circumstances that leave you with nothing to say Is there some kind of message, some kind of lesson? Damn, life's hard to explain Oh God, tell me why things happen, things happen like they do Leave you thinking about how time leaves you, it gets you all confused In the blink of a moment, gone for you know it, hits you right out of the blue Wondering why things happen, things happen like they do How a child that's just been named can then be pulled from the arms of a mother Oh, a cross on the side of a two-lane road holds a memory of somebody's brother You try not to question God and his judgment, but damn it, I don't understand Somebody tell me why things happen, things happen like they do Leaves you thinking about how time leaves you, it gets you all confused In the blink of a moment, gone for you know it, hits you right out of the blue You got me wondering why things happen, things happen like they do Your heart keeps on beating through all of those feelings that you thought you'd never get through There must be a reason our eyes are not seeing everything we want them to So tell me why things happen, yeah, yeah, yeah So tell me why things happen, things happen like they do Leaves you thinking about how time leaves you, it gets you all confused In the blink of a moment, gone for you know it, hits you right out of the blue You got me wondering why things happen, things happen like they do Things happen, things happen like they do *