Pourquoi (English Translation) Lyrics – Dadju & Tayc
💬 [Intro: Dadju & Tayc]
This one—I don’t, I don’t want us to make it too complicated, you see?
Go ahead, otherwise we won’t work today?
I don’t know, I don’t know—I’m not in that one.
❓ [Chorus: Tayc]
For what? Tell me why? Oh, why do I have to love?
For what? Tell me why? Oh, tell me why I must love?
💔 [Verse 1: Tayc & Dadju]
They are crazy—they cut their veins for love.
This kind of behavior in me? Never.
For me, feelings have no taste, oh-oh.
They are crazy—they ruined it all for love.
I won’t give anything, even if you say: “Please?”
And in my book, there will be no “us,” ah-ah.
Oh, look around you—everything God created,
Sooner or later, it all disappears.
And even your own life isn’t yours, oh-oh.
Look around us—go ahead and look again.
Where have our efforts gone?
Why still insist? And again, and again?
❓ [Chorus: Tayc & Dadju]
For what? Tell me why? Oh, why do I have to love?
Why must I love? Nah, tell me why I have to love.
For what? Tell me why? Oh, tell me why I must love?
Why must I love? Nah, tell me why I have to love.
Ah, ah-ah, ah, ah, ah.
Ah, ah-ah, ah, ah, ah.
🥀 [Verse 2: Dadju & Tayc]
In my eyes, you see that there is no more strength.
Well, I no longer have the strength.
I tried, I tried—it hurts.
All the trees have lost their bark, have lost their bark.
We tried and tried, but it hurts.
So tell me?
❓ [Chorus: Dadju & Tayc]
Why do I have to love? Nah, tell me why I have to love.
For what? Tell me why? Oh, why do I have to love?
Why do I have to love? Nah, tell me why I have to love.
For what? Tell me why? Ah-yeah, why do I have to love? (Why do I have to love? Oh)
💫 [Outro: Dadju & Tayc]
Ah, ah-ah (I want you), ah, ah, ah (Oh, please tell me?)
Ah, ah-ah (Ah-yeah, I want you), ah, ah, ah-iyeh.
Iyeh, iyeh, iyeh, iyeh-oh.
🥀 Lyrics Meaning & Emotional Core
“I DON’T KNOW” is a raw and honest exploration of love fatigue and existential doubt. The singers are not simply heartbroken; they are questioning the fundamental value of love in a world where everything—including life itself—is temporary.
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Core Theme: The Skepticism of Love
The song’s central question is repeated like a mantra: “Why do I have to love?” This is not a rhetorical question; it’s a genuine inquiry born from pain and observation. The speakers have seen the extremes people go to for love—“cut their veins,” “ruined it all”—and they want no part of it. They’ve built walls so high that even a plea (“Please?”) cannot breach them. -
The Impermanence of Everything
The first verse grounds the skepticism in a larger philosophical observation: “Everything God created, sooner or later it all disappears.” This includes love, relationships, efforts, and even one’s own life. If everything is transient, why invest so heavily in something that will inevitably fade? The question “Where have our efforts gone?” speaks to the futility felt after investing in something that didn’t last. -
Feelings Have No Taste
The line “For me, feelings have no taste” is a striking metaphor. Taste implies enjoyment, savoring, pleasure. The speaker has become numb to feelings; they no longer derive any flavor from emotional experiences. This is the result of being hurt, of building defenses, of deciding that the risk of love is not worth the potential pain. -
The Loss of Strength
The second verse reveals the exhaustion behind the skepticism. “In my eyes, you see that there is no more strength.” This is not a choice; it’s a depletion. The speaker has “tried and tried,” and the result is only pain. The image of trees losing their bark is a natural metaphor for exposure and vulnerability. Bark protects the tree; without it, the core is open to damage. The speaker feels stripped of their protective layer. -
The Contradiction in the Outro
The most revealing moment comes in the outro. Amidst all the questions and skepticism, the singers softly admit: “I want you.” This is the heart’s rebellion against the mind’s logic. Despite everything—the pain, the exhaustion, the philosophical doubts—the desire for connection remains. The final plea—“Oh, please tell me?”—is a crack in the armor, a hope that somewhere, there might be an answer that makes the risk worthwhile. -
The Unanswered Question
The song never answers its central question. It ends not with a resolution but with a lingering melody and a whispered “I want you.” This is the honest truth of love: there is no answer. No one can tell you why you must love. You either do, despite everything, or you don’t. And the speakers, for all their skepticism, are still standing at the edge, asking the question, and quietly admitting that they want.
In essence, “I DON’T KNOW” is a portrait of love’s aftermath—the place you arrive at after being hurt, after witnessing destruction, after losing your bark. It’s a song of exhaustion and doubt, but also of honesty. The singers admit they don’t have the strength, that feelings have lost their taste, that everything fades. But beneath the questions, beneath the walls, there is still a whisper: “I want you.” The question remains unanswered, but the wanting remains. And maybe that wanting, in all its pain and confusion, is the only answer there is.
