Just Because (drive)

alternative rock indie rock atmospheric rock
Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Street drugs are bad — that's all they said
But here, take this, the doctor said
Numb the kid, calm him down
Just don't get yours from across town
Just say no, but say yes to the script
Pop the pill but don't take a hit
Same chemicals, different door
One's a crime, one's what insurance is for
So I learned the lesson they didn't mean to teach
The rule ain't the rule — it's just who's in reach

[Chorus]
Hey, hey — what they wouldn't say
Made it loud, made it stay
Shame don't kill the wanting, no
It just teaches you to hide it down low
Hey, hey — every closing door
Makes the kid want it more
Curiosity don't die, oh no
It just learns where it can't go

[Verse 2]
Body's a temple, save it, stay pure
Said the man at the pulpit, sounding so sure
While the news kept running the same old tale
Another youth pastor making the bail
Stone the sinner, save the show
Shame the kid so the church can grow
And we sat in the pews and we learned the trade
The rule ain't the rule — it's the show you made
Don't get caught was the only law
And the louder they preached, the more I saw

[Chorus]
Hey, hey — what they wouldn't say
Made it loud, made it stay
Shame don't kill the wanting, no
It just teaches you to hide it down low
Hey, hey — every closing door
Makes the kid want it more
Curiosity don't die, oh no
It just learns where it can't go

[Verse 3]
Now there's a kid in front of me with the same eyes I had
Asking the same questions, half hoping I'm not mad
And I feel it rise up — the certainty, the show
The ready-made answer I don't even know
I almost preach it. I almost close the door.
I almost run the play they ran before
But I stop. And I sit. And I let it land
That hiding it ain't wisdom — it's just what they planned
And the kid in front of me ain't a sin to fix
Just a human with a wanting, and that wanting ain't a trick

[Bridge]
What does the wanting feel like? Where does it sit?
What's it asking for, underneath all of it?
What do they want — have you actually asked?
Is this care, or performance? Is it them, or the proof?
What would honest look like with nobody around?
What's the script you're reading? Who handed it down?

[Final Chorus]
Hey, hey — what does the wanting know?
What's it asking, where's it want to go?
What does honest feel like in your chest?
What does care look like when nobody's around?
Hey, hey — I won't hand you a rule
I won't hand you what they handed to me
Just the questions I wish someone had asked
So you get to be the one who answers free

[Outro]
That's it. That's the whole thing.
The questions were the gift I never got.