I won't tell the truth just to keep from telling lies

I'm not gonna live just 'cause I'm afraid to die

I don't want to pray just so I won't go to hell

I'm not gonna take 'cause I can't help myself

I don't want to push just to keep from being shoved

Oh no, oh no

That ain't reason, that ain't reason

That ain't reason enough

I don't want to stay just 'cause I don't have to leave

Don't want to play it safe just so I won't ever bleed

I ain't gonna walk just 'cause I don't like to crawl

I ain't gonna talk 'cause my back's against the wall

I'm not gonna love just so I won't be alone

Oh no, oh no

That ain't reason, that ain't reason

That ain't reason, that ain't reason enough

Phones up in the attic, secrets in my bed

Voices in the static rattling in my head

Oh, it's a party line tonight, hear them talking trash

See that beast of burden got a monkey on his back

High beams in the rearview, rain out on the street

All these things I carry with me miles to go before I sleep

There's the devil that you don't know, the devil that you do

Oh, the lesser of these evils I don't want to choose

That ain't reason, that ain't reason

That ain't reason, that ain't reason enough

Oh, that ain't reason, that ain't reason

That ain't reason enough