New Lily Allen - "Why"

"Why" is an It's Not Me, It's You b-side. It is also Lily at her most vulnerable, aww. She could be a better person, maybe that's why you don't love her? The first lines say it all: "Why aren't I one of these interesting people whose always got something to say / To not be contrived and to feel so alive and to never have wasted a day." The rest are building on that tenderly rendered and orchestral self-loathing, bemoaning always talking in circles, her lack of information retention, and asking "...

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