Why Must We Tell Them Why? - Alex Brightman, 35MM: A Musical Exhibition Original Cast

Why must we tell them why

Some require an explanation for why we make the things we make

Why rules must break and for whose sake

But why must we tell them why

Why excuse each deviation

Why must we serve them art

Or prove each part art

Look all we’re saying is

Look all we’re saying is

All we’re saying is look

Look

Hold still and focus (Blink and you’ll miss it,

blink and you’ll miss it, blink and you’ll miss it, woah-oh)

Hold still and focus (Blink and you’ll miss it,

blink and you’ll miss it, blink and you’ll miss it, woah-oh)

Look closely

Why must we justify?

Let’s defy their forms and fixtures

Not playing by their rules of thumb

Got to become a little numb

And beat that drum

Make something dumb

Make 'em see where we’re coming from

See all we’re asking is

See all we’re asking is

All we’re asking is see

See

Hold still and focus (Blink and you’ll miss it,

blink and you’ll miss it, blink and you’ll miss it, woah-oh)

Hold still and focus (Blink and you’ll miss it,

blink and you’ll miss it, blink and you’ll miss it, woah-oh)

Look closely

Hah!

Who’s to say what it ought to be

Or it not to be

It is what it is and it is what its got to be

(It is what it is and it is what its got to be)

It is what it is and it is what its got to be

(It is what it is and it is what its got to be)

Why must we tell them why?

See all we’re asking is

See all we’re asking is

All we’re asking is see

See

Hold still and focus (Blink and you’ll miss it,

blink and you’ll miss it, blink and you’ll miss it, woah-oh)

Hold still and focus (Blink and you’ll miss it,

blink and you’ll miss it, blink and you’ll miss it, woah-oh)

Hold still and focus (Blink and you’ll miss it,

blink and you’ll miss it, blink and you’ll miss it, woah-oh)

Hold still and focus (Blink and you’ll miss it,

blink and you’ll miss it, blink and you’ll miss it, woah-oh)