Why We Write - The Accidentals

Well it’s hard enough to have a voice

In a world where fiction means more than the facts

It’s like we don’t really have a choice

In what we say or even how to act

It’s like any other day in the big city

You can scream it on the corner all you like

But you won’t get anything from them but pity

No one will appreciate your plight

That’s why

That’s why we write

The pain of a thousand stories in your mind

We give sight to the disadvantaged blind

We show how people’s paths are intertwined

Exhausted in this world we try hard to find

But in our strength we are so weak and weary

And fly to the better option than the fight

I’m on the poems and songs and hopes and theories

It’s difficult to tell who’s wrong or right

That’s why

That’s why we write

Though night skies make it hard to see things clearly

I’ll tell you now, we’re not afraid of the dark

Though sticks and stones are endlessly appearing

We’ll use them to light a fire with the smallest spark

And we’ll try hard to see the other side

We’ll try to provide a little more insight

That’s why we write

(Humming)