[Intro]

They speak in a tongue that they don't understand

[Verse 1]

Why do we do this?

We find ourselves here in the fray

Lost in time

[Verse 2]

Why do we play this

Amazing, stupid, messed-up game?

We drink our tea

[Verse 3]

Why do we love this?

We bend our bones and wipe our shoes

We need you still

[Verse 4]

Why do we break this?

We run like kids into a storm

We're not afraid

[Verse 5]

Why do we eat this?

We gorge ourselves and laugh like mad

We're high on life

[Verse 6]

Why do we need this?

We send our joy like tiny kites

And hold on tight

[Verse 7]

Why do we play this

Infernal game of joy and fear?

We're all still here

[Chorus]

Twenty unbridled things

Awake in the burning tree

Twenty entangled wings

Asleep in an oak tree

Everything we don't know

Is sealed in a golden ring

Twenty imagined worlds

Are sewn into everything

[Verse 8]

Why do we love this?

It makes no sense to be here now

This world of sound

[Verse 9]

Why do we break this

Traverse each lonely window ledge?

We're not dead yet

[Verse 10]

Why do we eat this

And suck in mortal gasps of air?

We comb our hair

[Verse 11]

Why do we do this?

We love you more than you can know

So let us go

[Verse 12]

Why do we do this?

We find ourselves here in the fray

Lost in time

[Chorus]

Twenty unbridled things

Awake in the burning tree

Twenty entangled wings

Asleep in an oak tree

Everything we don't know

Is sealed in a golden ring

Twenty imagined worlds

Are sewn into everything

Twenty unbridled things (Why do we do this?)

Awake in the burning tree

Twenty entangled wings (Why do we do this?)

Asleep in an oak tree

Everything we don't know (Why do we do this?)

Is sealed in a golden ring

Twenty imagined worlds (Why do we do this?)

Are sewn into everything

[Outro]

Twenty unbridled things (Why do we do this?)

Awake in the burning tree

Twenty entangled wings (Why do we do this?)

Asleep in an oak tree