[Intro] [Airy melodic vocal, slowly emerging] I knew why I knew why For a moment I knew why Then I opened up my eyes [Verse 1] I found the meaning of life last night Somewhere beyond the edge of time Every question I had ever known Suddenly answered on its own I saw the patterns in everything Why we lose and why we begin All of the years I couldn't explain Made perfect sense inside my brain And I remember how it felt Like nothing needed something else No contradiction left to fight Everything was so alive [Pre-Chorus] Then the morning came for me And the answer slipped away I was reaching through the memory But the words began to fade I could feel it disappearing Like an ocean from my mind And the only thing remaining Was the feeling I was right [Chorus] I knew why we were here I knew why we disappear I knew everything Then I woke up I had the meaning of life Somewhere between the dark and light Now I can't remember But I know I knew why Oh, I know I knew why For a moment I knew why And I would give a thousand nights Just to feel that one more time [Post-Chorus] I remember the feeling I remember the feeling Even when the meaning Is nowhere in my mind I remember the feeling Something infinite and healing Like the universe was breathing And I finally knew why [Verse 2] I've spent the day retracing dreams Looking for what I couldn't keep Trying to find a single thread Of all the things my sleeping mind had said Was it love or something more? Was it what we're searching for? Was the answer always near? Was it something I could never hear? I watched the sunlight cross the floor Felt the air like never before And for a second, standing there I felt that answer everywhere Maybe something followed me Beyond the limits of a dream An understanding without words A little piece of what I learned [Pre-Chorus 2] Now the memory is fading But the wonder hasn't died And the world is looking different Through these ordinary eyes I don't need to understand it To believe in what I felt Something beautiful was waiting In a place beyond myself [Chorus] I knew why we were here I knew why we disappear I knew everything Then I woke up I had the meaning of life Somewhere between the dark and light Now I can't remember But I know I knew why Oh, I know I knew why For a moment I knew why And I would give a thousand nights Just to feel that one more time [Instrumental Interlude] [Bridge] What if the answer isn't language? What if it never needed words? What if the meaning isn't hidden In some distant universe? What if a moment of knowing Can change you when it's gone? What if the dream was only showing There's a reason to go on? And maybe I was never meant To bring the explanation back Maybe all I needed was To know there's something past the black I cannot tell you what I saw I cannot tell you what it means But I have never felt more certain Of the beauty underneath [Final Chorus] I knew why we were here And suddenly I had no fear I understood everything Before I woke up I had the meaning of life And even though it passed me by Something stays forever From the moment I knew why Oh, I know I knew why I still carry it inside I may never find the answer But the feeling is alive [Outro] And if I never know again What I discovered in my sleep I'll remember there was something That made all of this complete I knew why I knew why Then I opened up my eyes And somehow Life was beautiful Without remembering why [End]
