bit pedantic perhaps, but I've always listened to it slightly differently, without the '?' after the 'why':
If there is ever the impregnable question of why
what did or didn't pass?
it would help to seek comfort in destiny
but i really don't, we don't see eye to eye.
I think this gives the sense of the first verse (and best, in my opinion!) better. I tend to think of this song as from the perspective of a guy whose relationship is breaking or has broken down. he says that you can ask questions about why things broke down, and it may help to think that it was 'fate', but thinking like that can't help him get over it. it's such a simple idea, but is conveyed so perfectly in that verse.
beautifully simple song.
bit pedantic perhaps, but I've always listened to it slightly differently, without the '?' after the 'why':
If there is ever the impregnable question of why what did or didn't pass? it would help to seek comfort in destiny but i really don't, we don't see eye to eye.
I think this gives the sense of the first verse (and best, in my opinion!) better. I tend to think of this song as from the perspective of a guy whose relationship is breaking or has broken down. he says that you can ask questions about why things broke down, and it may help to think that it was 'fate', but thinking like that can't help him get over it. it's such a simple idea, but is conveyed so perfectly in that verse.