You’re the Reason - Intellectual

[Verse 1: Chris Wright]

And everybody told you it's a cold, cruel world (Cruel world)

But you ain't believe in it, you're an independent girl

'Til you left your hometown and you straightened your curls (Don't do it)

When the strings you used to ride along were cut and unfurled

And I was sure that you were nothing short of ignorant (No, no)

Failure always imminent (Oh yeah)

The kind of girl who stumbles through her life, a village idiot

But oh, I was wrong (All wrong), thought I had you pinned and ended it

So now when you walk by I try to analyze like Benedict (Show me)

Searching for a clue to solve the plague this question brings to me

The wrinkles on your sweater, or the way your clothes lack synergy

A scuff you never buffed away, nothing's what it seems to be

We've both been missing something since I lost the gift of empathy, and

You're the reason I'm on fire

You're the reason I've been burning down these bridges

Water tumbles like the dryer, yeah

You're the reason I still cry

You're the reason I still stare outside my window tryna re-support the sky, yeah

Once I left this town where we grew up, I

I didn't think that everything would be so tough, but

All the strangers on the street who are in love, they

They remind me of the thing I want the most, 'cause

When I listen to all our favorite songs, it's

Hard to imagine things would ever get so wrong, but

Maybe baby, one day you'll see

That I belong to you and you belong to me

You're the reason I'm on fire

You're the reason I've been burnin' down these bridges

Water tumbles like the dryer, yeah

You're the reason I still cry

You're the reason I still stare outside my window tryna re-support the sky, yeah

Lie-la-lie, la-lie, la-lie