B1A4
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Tell Me Why

A K-pop track where the questions pile up but the answers never come.

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A K-pop track where the questions pile up but the answers never come.

The lyric leans on that bilingual split to mirror the emotional distance.

When the singer says 'hanashitakuhanai', I don't want to talk, right after repeating the English plea, it undercuts everything.

Editor's note

B1A4's Tell Me Why and the silence after

A K-pop track where the questions pile up but the answers never come.

gomakasenai kono itami

The lyric leans on that bilingual split to mirror the emotional distance. When the singer says 'hanashitakuhanai', I don't want to talk, right after repeating the English plea, it undercuts everything. The need for an explanation wars with the refusal to have the conversation at all.

There's a line about 'gomakasenai kono itami', this pain I can't fake. It's not just about hurt, it's about the exhaustion of pretending you're fine when you're not. The whole song keeps circling back to 'Tell me why you do this to me,' but what it's really asking is why the other person won't even look at them anymore.

It's a plain admission that the usual defenses have failed. No performance left, just the raw thing sitting there.

The way 'Tell me why you do this to me' gets repeated, almost like a mantra that's lost its meaning. It starts urgent, then just sounds tired.

edit_note Ethan Walker · LyroVerse team · Apr 17
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the pull of "gomakasenai kono itami" the pull of "Tell me why you do this to me," how "Tell me why you do this to me" turns into a mantra
Lyrics

Tell Me Why

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Tell me why you do this to me

Tell me why you do this to me

hanashitakuhanai

Chigau kaori chigau fuku ni

Mi oboenai piasu hikaru mimi

Kikitakunai kotoba kiku mae ni

Kiss de kuchibiru fusagitainoni

Gomakasenai kono itami

Mugon no hari de kimi o semete mo

Modorenainara isso tōku ni

Tsuresaritai kimi no kokoro-goto

Kimi no yureru hitomi sugu wakaru sa

Boku no me kara nigeta kimirashikunai

Moshimo bokunara kimi ga bokunara

Oshiete dōshite waraeba ī?

Tell me why you do this to me

Baby, why you do this to me

Me o sorasanaide

Boku no subete kara

Baby, why you do this to me

hanashitakuhanai

Uso bakari mi ni tsuketa

Iiwake bakari umaku natta

Tanin'na no ka?

Bokura wa mō

Sore ga kimi no kotaena no ka

Me mo awasenai hanashi mo dekinai

Tanin'na nda ne bokura wa mō bokura wa no

I yo mō itchae yo mō

Kon'na boku no kimochi kangaeta koto aru ka?

Kimi no yureru hitomi nani ka atta no?

Boku o sake teru no wa kakushi kirenai

Moshimo bokunara kimi ga bokunara

Oshiete dōshite waraeba Iī?

Tell me why you do this to me

Baby why you do this to me

Me o sorasanaide

Boku no subete kara

Baby, why you do this to me

hanashitakuhanai

Mune no naka fukiareru arashi wa

Iradachi ya kanashimi no namida

Ima wa mada mitometakunai

Kōkai wa kako ni suru monodakara

Itoshī sono-me

amaku nagai kiss

Modoranai nidoto

shinjitaku wanai, oh

Tell me why you do this to me

Baby, why you do this to me

Me o sorasanaide

Boku no subete kara

Baby, why you do this to me

hanashitakuhanai

Me o sorasanaide

Hanashitakuhanai

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What is "Tell Me Why" by B1A4 about?

A K-pop track where the questions pile up but the answers never come. The lyric leans on that bilingual split to mirror the emotional distance. When the singer says 'hanashitakuhanai', I don't want to talk, right after repeating the English plea, it undercuts everything.

Who performs "Tell Me Why"?

B1A4 performs "Tell Me Why", and this lyric page sits inside the B1A4 catalog on LyroVerse.

Does LyroVerse have an editor's note for "Tell Me Why"?

Yes. The page carries the LyroVerse editor's note "B1A4's Tell Me Why and the silence after", followed by the full lyric and related songs.

Are there related songs to explore after "Tell Me Why"?

Yes. The related section below points to Super Sonic and 10 Times with a short reason for opening each page next.

Where can I find more songs by B1A4?

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