I Wanna Know

[Verse 1]
Can we talk of what we know,
Maybe don’t know, I wanna know.
Like everything, like all the time,
The reasons, the rhythms, the riddles, the rhymes.

Because I care to understand,
Who we are and where we stand.
What shadows show, how humans grow,
What seeds we blow, where kids’ dreams flow.

[upright bass enters]

[Chorus]
I wanna know.
Can we talk?
I gotta ask.
What is the task?

Do you know?
Do you care?
Why the despair?
Why go so low?
I wanna know.

[Verse 2]
I wanna know about predators,
Why greed galore, why no candor.
I have questions, and marks that rhyme,
To tale the tale, to trace the crime.

Shared history. Shared memory.
Truth and peace, I pray each day.
For pride to drop, for hearts to soften,
For fear to finally fade away.

Imagine grace. Imagine glow.
Beyond glory, higher than low
Integrity that wears no crown,
A human heart completely known.

[Chorus]
I wanna know.
Can we talk?
I gotta ask.
What is the task?

Do you know?
Do you care?
Why the despair?
Why go so low?
I wanna know.

[Verse 3]
How can we know all of the facts,
Made of bullshit, shit magic acts.
Say no to blow. And let us grow.
So we all know when to say no.

Oh, I wanna know why truth still hides.
Why fear still feeds on wounded sides.
Why war? Why woes? Why pain? Why lies?
Why do children pay the price?

Bananasutra asks:
Has the world’s gone bananas?
When do we split?
When do we stand?
Why not reach with open hands?

[Final Chorus]
Oh God, oh nos...
Who knows?
Why? Why?
Who cares?

Can we talk?
I wanna know.
How do we grow?
I wanna know.

[Outro]
[music thins, cello and piano only]

To know.
To blow.
To show.
To grow.
To flow.
To glow.
To bow.

To know what is humane.
To show what is hidden.
To grow beyond grievance.
To bow until we all dance.

[single piano note]