Lyric discussion by Rachy71 

Cover art for Why lyrics by Annie Lennox

I have been told that she wrote this song shortly after she gave birth to her stillborn baby. This is a song sung to herself, she blamed herself, she wants to forgive herself and she is trying. WHY is her really asking why she was punished like this.

@Rachy71 Hi if this is you Anne did this actually happen giving birth to a stillborn if this is you I am really sorry you had lost the baby that way. Please reply this time to confirm. JohnK

@Rachy71 Hi Annie This must be the real reason why you are unable to talk to me we were very close the other week i am truly sorry for not recognising you i still hope that one day we will be able to communicate and see each other face to face but i do believe you must overcome your fears to what happened and you must not blame yourself but unfortunately this did cause our separation not because the baby was lost but your inability to tell me which led to both our misunderstanding of each other and well the...

@Rachy71 Hi Annie just wanted to say it was very interesting meeting your daughter it was obvious another set up and it was clear you wanted me to see something and i certainly did i hsve never seen such blue eyes before it took centre stage and it was obvious why the only reality and connection we always had was 'DiAnn' which of course was the passing of our baby who is in heaven now. The baby may not actually been mine but to you that didnt matter you wanted the pregnancy to be ours so we would always have...