Why I'm So Unhappy Lyrics

Lyric discussion by science 

Cover art for Why I'm So Unhappy lyrics by Dntel

This is probably the most beautiful song on the album. I have had some trouble dissecting it. To me, it feels like a painful breakup, one in which the girl keeps dreaming of her ex-lover, or a distancing from a partner, or perhaps not a physical partner but an existential one. The electronic blips and bloops add to this feeling. This is one of those songs where it seems to be less about the lyrics than the mood.

The soft crying at the beginning is very powerful. This almost has a dreamlike quality. Perhaps she is dreaming of her ex-lover, and that is why his "hands unfold" her, in the present tense rather than past. Amazing stuff.