Don't You Want To Know? I've Got Questions Lyrics

Friend or mother: Hi Tommy it's me

Why don't you make something a little happier

More poppy, radio friendly or something like that?

Me: ugh...omg

Calls back, gets answering machine

Me: Hey sorry, I know we keep playing phone tag

I just wanted to return the call

(S/) That's a really good idea

I think I'll give a try

Maybe I'll put two chords together and like put some jams together

Why don't you put your headphones on

Turn it up really loud and check this out

Mmm...how's that

Maybe a little beat

And a hook that's going to pull people in

Don't you wanna know

Don't you wanna know

Don't you wanna know

Don't you wanna know

I have questions

I've got questions

This is not why we're here now

This is not why we're here now

I think it's a good idea to question authority

But I also think it's a good idea to question everything

If you think about it

Authority doesn't know shit about why or how we're here

We've spent centuries protecting this game of telephone

Where these loose concepts have been passed down to us

And evolved over the years

And it's hard to tell what any of it means anymore

The majority of society doesn't wake up and think

Oh we need to make more guns and bombs today

We've got money grubbing fools trying to do interplanetary growth

While at the same time, we're at war with ourselves

We're literally at war with ourself

Imagine waking up tomorrow

Looking in the mirror and thinking

You needed to kill that person

You are loved 800-273-8255

We've poisoned the air that we breathe

And depend on for human life

We've poisoned the water

That surrounds our entire planet

We even poison the land that we're living on

We have no respect for the living planet

The living creatures that we share this planet with

The sustainability that's required for our future life

So it's hard to find happiness in anything I do

And yea, I don't give a shit about finding a stupid fucking job

Anyway, I just wanted to call and say happy birthday

And I hope you have an awesome day

I'm sorry I can't be there

I love you so much

I'll talk to you soon, ok

This why I have questions

Don't you wanna know

Don't you wanna know

Don't you wanna know

Don't you wanna know

I have questions

I've got questions

This is not why we're here now