*Verse 1 (Lead)*

I stood up in the spotlight, heart racing in my chest,

Wondering why I’m asking things that I know best.

Oh, my friends are laughing softly, I can see it in their eyes,

What’s so hard about the truth, why wear a big disguise?

*Background*

(Why’d you ask, why’d you ask?)

(When you knew, when you knew?)

*Chorus (Lead)*

I’m just putting words together, like they’re lines in a play,

Scripted lines that I don’t need, but I’m lost in what to say.

It’s embarrassing, oh baby, I should’ve known it right,

But I’m caught up in the questions, in the shadows of the night.

*Background*

(Why’d you ask, why’d you ask?)

(When you knew, when you knew?)

*Verse 2 (Lead)*

I spoke of love and heartaches, like I’m reading from a page,

But the truth was in the silence, not in acts upon the stage.

Oh, they laughed a little louder, a chorus to my shame,

Wondering why I played this part in a question-filled game.

*Background*

(Why’d you ask, why’d you ask?)

(When you knew, when you knew?)

*Chorus (Lead)*

I’m just putting words together, like they’re lines in a play,

Scripted lines that I don’t need, but I’m lost in what to say.

It’s embarrassing, oh baby, I should’ve known it right,

But I’m caught up in the questions, in the shadows of the night.

*Bridge (Lead)*

So here I am, standing here, feeling out of place,

With everything so obvious, yet I’m losing my grace.

I didn’t need to ask you, love, it’s clear as day,

But I wrote it in the silence, in a roundabout way.

*Background*

(Why’d you ask, why’d you ask?)

(When you knew, when you knew?)

*Chorus (Lead)*

I’m just putting words together, like they’re lines in a play,

Scripted lines that I don’t need, but I’m lost in what to say.

It’s embarrassing, oh baby, I should’ve known it right,

But I’m caught up in the questions, in the shadows of the night.

*Outro (Lead)*

So I’ll find my way to honesty, let go of all the shame,

No more asking silly questions, I’m done with this old game.

*Background*

(Come on now, come on now)

(Truth will shine, truth will shine)

I’ll just hold you close, my love, as we dance in the light.

*Background*

(Why’d you ask, why’d you ask?)

(When you knew, when you knew?)

(Truth will shine, truth will shine)

(Through the night, through the night.)