Why?

Watching the AMA Awards last night I was really moved by the award presented to singer songwriter Annie Lennox. So many artists now a days make such a fuss in the press about anything and everything they do, the Pitt-Jolie family selling photos of their twins for 14 million dollars and DiCaprio flying private jet planes after preaching on Global Warming. Little do we know that Annie Lennox has been a human rights supporter for most of her life, giving profits to Amnesty International and Greenpeace and being awarded by the British Red Cross.

Lennox raises awareness hands on and through her music without the need of the flash of a paparazzi, surely something to admire. Last night at the AMAs, Lennox received the Award of Merit and gave the audience a chilling and emotional perfomance of her song “Why”. Appart from being one of the most successfull British female singers, I think Annie Lennox must be admired for her will to service the world with her envolvement, passionate work and beautiful music.

Annie’s presentation of “Why” last night was chilling, I have attached the lyrics to her song, very very powerful words:

How many times do I have to try to tell you
That I’m sorry for the things I’ve done
But when I start to try to tell you
That’s when you have to tell me
Hey… this kind of trouble’s only just begun
I tell myself too many times
Why don’t you ever learn to keep your big mouth shut
That’s why it hurts so bad to hear the words
That keep on falling from your mouth
Falling from your mouth
Falling from your mouth
Tell me…
Why
Why

I may be mad
I may be blind
I may be viciously unkind
But I can still read what you’re thinking
And I’ve heard it said too many times
That you’d be better off
Besides…
Why can’t you see this boat is sinking
(this boat is sinking this boat is sinking)
Let’s go down to the water’s edgeÂ
we can cast away those doubts
Some things are better left unsaid
But they still turn me inside out
Turning inside out turning inside out
Tell me…
Why
Tell me…
Why

This is the book I never read
These are the words I never said
This is the path I’ll never tread
These are the dreams I’ll dream instead
This is the joy that’s seldom spread
These are the tears…
The tears we shed
This is the fear
This is the dread
These are the contents of my head
And these are the years that we have spent
And this is what they represent
And this is how I feel
Do you know how I feel
’cause i don’t think you know how I feel
I don’t think you know what I feel
I don’t think you know what I fear
You don’t know what I fear

Lyrics by Annie Lennox