Why

You must have been in a place so dark
You couldn't feel the light
Reaching for you through that stormy cloud
Now here we are gathered
In our little hometown
This can't be the way you meant to draw a crowd

Oh why, that's what I keep asking
Was there anything I could have said or done?
Oh I had no clue you were masking
A troubled soul, God only knows
What went wrong and why
You'd leave the stage in the middle of a song

Now in my mind I'll keep you frozen
As a seventeen-year-old
Rounding third to score the winning run
You always played with passion
No matter what the game
When you took the stage you shined just like the sun

Oh why, that's what I keep asking
Was there anything I could have said or done?
Oh I had no clue you were masking
A troubled soul, oh God only knows
What went wrong and why
You'd leave the stage in the middle of a song
Yeah yeah

Now the oak trees are swaying
In the early autumn breeze
A golden sun is shining on my face
The tangled thoughts I hear
A mockingbird sings
This old world really ain't that bad a place

Oh why, there's no comprehending
And who am I to try to judge or explain
Oh but I do have one burning question
Who told you life wasn't worth the fight?
They were wrong, they lied
Now you're gone and we cry
'Cause it's not like you
To walk away in the middle of a song
Your beautiful song
Your absolutely beautiful song