Why This, Why That and Why - Jean-Michel Jarre, Yello

When i was thrown into this planet

I knew what’s going on

I was messing with my pacifier

All day long

Oh and i then i was twenty

And i didn’t have a clue

I was messing with my days

Trying to be true

Trying to dig out

The man that i could be

I was shouting loud to find this little me

He was stumbling through his days

What else then could he try

Looking for an answer

Why this?

Why that?

And why?

Oh and i then i was thirty

I thought i knew what it was all about

Cruising in the river

Like a silver trout

Swimming in the ocean

Respected by the sharks

Overnight the ocean turned out to be

Too dark

When i was diving deeper

There was no light no more

I couldn’t find the way out

The ocean has no door

And all the things that happened to pretty desperate guy

Leading to the question

Why this?

Why that?

And why?

I started to shout louder

What is this all about?

Struggling up the river

Not even half-way proud

For all the things that happened to this pretty desperate guy

Who was looking for an answer

Why this?

Whay that?

And why?