I think much like another song “Anti-Matter” (that's also on the same album as this song), this one is also is inspired by a horrifying van crash the band experienced on Nov 3, 2022. This, much like the other track, sounds like it's an extension what they shared while huddled in the wreckage, as they helped frontman Garrett Russell stem the bleeding from his head wound while he was under the temporary effects of a concussion. The track speaks of where the mind goes at the most desperate & desolate of times, when it just about slips away to all but disconnect itself, and the aftermath.
Now, now, now, honey (why)
You better sit down and look around (why, why)
'Cause you must've bumped yo' head (don't)
And I love you enough to talk some sense back into you, baby (you)
I'd hate to see you come home (love)
Me, the kids, and the dog is gone (me)
Check my credentials
I give you everything you want, everything you need
(Everything you need, why?)
Even your friends say I'm a good woman (why?)
All I need to know is why (why?)
Why don't you love me? (Love me)
Tell me, baby, why don't you love me? (Why don't you love me?)
When I make me so damn easy to love? (To-to-to love)
And why don't you need me? (Need me)
Tell me, baby, why don't you need me? (Why don't you need me?)
When I make me so damn easy to need? (To-to-to need)
(To need me)
Oh, I got beauty, I got class
I got style and I got ass
And you don't even care to care, looky here
I even put money in the bank account
Don't have to ask no one to help me out
You don't even notice that
Why don't you love me? (Love me)
Tell me, baby, why don't you love me? (Why don't you love me?)
When I make me so damn easy to love?
(Easy to-to love me, lo-lo-lo-love me, love me) hey, yeah
And why don't you need me? (Need me)
Tell me, baby, why don't you need me? (Need me, need me)
When I make me so damn easy to need?
I got beauty, I got heart
Keep my head in them books, I'm sharp
But you don't care to know I'm smart
Na-na-na-na-na-na-na
I got moves in your bedroom
Keep you happy with the nasty things I do
But you don't seem to be in tune (ooh)
Why don't you love me? (Love me)
Tell me, baby, why don't you love me? (Why don't you love me?)
When I make me so damn easy to love?
(Easy to-to love me, lo-lo-lo-love me, love me) hey, yeah
And why don't you need me? (Need me)
Tell me, baby, why don't you need me? (Need me, need me)
When I make me so damn easy to need?
Nothing not to love about me
There's nothing not to love about me
No, no, there's nothing not to love about me
No, no, nothing not to love about me
I'm lovely
There's nothing not to need about me
(Nothing not to need about me, no)
No, no, there's nothing not to need about me
(Nothing not to need about me, me, me)
Baby, you're just not the one
Or maybe you're just plain
Dumb
You better sit down and look around (why, why)
'Cause you must've bumped yo' head (don't)
And I love you enough to talk some sense back into you, baby (you)
I'd hate to see you come home (love)
Me, the kids, and the dog is gone (me)
Check my credentials
I give you everything you want, everything you need
(Everything you need, why?)
Even your friends say I'm a good woman (why?)
All I need to know is why (why?)
Why don't you love me? (Love me)
Tell me, baby, why don't you love me? (Why don't you love me?)
When I make me so damn easy to love? (To-to-to love)
And why don't you need me? (Need me)
Tell me, baby, why don't you need me? (Why don't you need me?)
When I make me so damn easy to need? (To-to-to need)
(To need me)
Oh, I got beauty, I got class
I got style and I got ass
And you don't even care to care, looky here
I even put money in the bank account
Don't have to ask no one to help me out
You don't even notice that
Why don't you love me? (Love me)
Tell me, baby, why don't you love me? (Why don't you love me?)
When I make me so damn easy to love?
(Easy to-to love me, lo-lo-lo-love me, love me) hey, yeah
And why don't you need me? (Need me)
Tell me, baby, why don't you need me? (Need me, need me)
When I make me so damn easy to need?
I got beauty, I got heart
Keep my head in them books, I'm sharp
But you don't care to know I'm smart
Na-na-na-na-na-na-na
I got moves in your bedroom
Keep you happy with the nasty things I do
But you don't seem to be in tune (ooh)
Why don't you love me? (Love me)
Tell me, baby, why don't you love me? (Why don't you love me?)
When I make me so damn easy to love?
(Easy to-to love me, lo-lo-lo-love me, love me) hey, yeah
And why don't you need me? (Need me)
Tell me, baby, why don't you need me? (Need me, need me)
When I make me so damn easy to need?
Nothing not to love about me
There's nothing not to love about me
No, no, there's nothing not to love about me
No, no, nothing not to love about me
I'm lovely
There's nothing not to need about me
(Nothing not to need about me, no)
No, no, there's nothing not to need about me
(Nothing not to need about me, me, me)
Baby, you're just not the one
Or maybe you're just plain
Dumb
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this song is awesome.... that was a mean comment, suckerlover94 definitely makes a valid point....well beyonce is definitely my genre of music and i love this song :D