BW Johnson - What We Want Lyrics

Why, when we know it causes cancer, do we still eat meat?
Why, when we know the string ain't tight, do we still pluck it?
Why, when we can't eat, do we still force it down us?
Why, when we know the time ain't right, do we still check all around us?

At the end of the day, it's all a battle with the risk
We swallow it down us and we accept that it's
Something that we all gotta give, it's the world forcing it upon us
And we gotta find a way to get through to what we truly want

So why, when I don't need my coat, do I still bring it?
Why, when I don't need to smoke, do I still take a puff on that cigarette?
Why, when my baby is close, do I still worry about it?
About losing what's most dear to me? Shit, that's something I'm always doubting

And it's all just a battle with fearsome time
Bearing down on us like a beast the more I get buried in the white wine
Sometimes the less I drink the fear strikes me, so much more strongly
My rationality ain't there when I'm sober, but at least it ain't there purely

So why, when I'm looking for more, do I sit and stop looking?
Why, when I wanna take to the floor, do I ignore there's a spotlight waiting?
And why, when I'm begging to be seen, do I hide away in my apartment?
Shit, why does this insult of being never calm down and let me enjoy it?

And it's all just a battle with our greedy eyes
Slowly the more we're looking the more we struggle to straddle that line
Between not having overflowing conflicts
In our minds that ruin the rest of our lives, and maybe mine
Mine? Well, childhoods only just ended, but its conflict I see forever on the horizon

At the end of the day, it's all a battle with the risk
We swallow it down us and we accept that it's
Something that we all gotta give, it's the world forcing it upon us
And we gotta find a way to get through to what we truly want