Why?

From one of the most distinctive voices in a generation comes one of the most profoundly moving songs. The voice belongs to Annie Lennox and the song is the somber and beautiful Why which is off of her 1992 solo debut album Diva. It's an amazing song about love, true love, real love and many feel it's a song about her and her old music partner David A. Stewart. Whether that's true or not I don't know but I do know this is one amazing song.

It starts off so solemn and sweet, just keys and piano until Annie starts singing. From that very first line, you know this isn't what you thought it was going to be. Her lyrics are sometimes self deprecating, eviscerating, and at times brutally honest. Annie has always had a way with lyrics and on Why she flexes her songwriting muscles.  

This remains my all time favorite song of hers because it never loses you. It's not at all flowery and "whoa is me" and neither is it "I hate you so much right now". Instead it's a mature song about the end of something that was once great and how it's just not anymore. Enjoy!