[Verse 1]

Midnight lipstick on a coffee-stained cup

Backseat smoke in a stolen pickup truck

Learned too young how to disappear

But flashbulbs always smell the fear

Page-Six vultures circling the SUV

Some blonde got a tip, now they're after me

Zoom lens digging through a hotel key

Like my heartbeat’s breaking news on TV

[Pre-Chorus]

Too late now, they got the blurry shot

His hand on my thigh in the parking lot

[Chorus]

Who? When? Why?

That's the headline every fucking night

Who? When? Why?

Everybody dying for a soundbite

Did he stay? Did I lie?

Was his leather jacket by my side?

[Post-Chorus]

Who? When? Why?

Oh-oh

Who? When? Why?

[Verse 2]

They want my address, want my name

Dirty little secrets traded for fame

Someone's paying rent off my scars

Selling out my silence to the stars

I laugh like it never leaves a mark

Smile for the cameras in the dark

Hard to keep a heartbeat safe

When strangers count each breath I take

[Pre-Chorus]

Too late now, they want another shot

Her shadow caught in every body-cam crop

[Chorus]

Who? When? Why?

That’s the headline every fucking night

Who? When? Why?

Everybody dying for a soundbite

Did he stay? Did I lie?

Was his leather jacket by my side?

[Post-Chorus]

Who? When? Why?

Oh-oh

Who? When? Why?

[Bridge]

Tried dive bars down in Tennessee

Fake black hair and fake IDs

Private exits, midnight planes

Still the whole damn world knows my name

Every boy turns into a clue

Blurry face in a crowded room

Can't even fall in love in peace

Without it trending by 3:03

[Breakdown]

Who touched first?

Who got burned?

Who's gonna leak it just to watch it turn?

God forbid I want somebody bad

Without the whole damn world keeping tabs

[Chorus]

Who? When? Why?

That's the headline every fucking night

Who? When? Why?

Everybody dying for a soundbite

Did he stay? Did I lie?

Was his leather jacket by my side?

[Post-Chorus]

Who? When? Why?

Oh-oh

Who? When? Why?

[Outro]

So they ask, who? when? why?

And I just watch it all go by