because it hurts
that is why we do this to ourselves
it is not the doing that hurts
but what we're doing it for
that hurts

because it hurts
that is why we stay alone
it is not the lonliness that hurts
but why we're alone
is what hurts

because it hurts
that is why we destroy our feelings
it is not the damage that hurts
but what caused the damage
is what hurts

because it hurts
that is why we try not to remember
it is not the memory that hurts
but what the memory is of
that hurts

because it hurts

why does it hurt?
that is not the better question
more correctly   should you ask:
what hurts?

what hurts?
it is:
what we're doing it for
why we're alone
what caused the damage
what the memory is of

that is what

why?

because it hurts