Why does a rose need water and a whole lot of sunshine?
(One more time)
Why does a rose need water and a whole lot of sunshine?
Why does the night need moonlight? Tell me
Oh not for nothing, not for nothing

Why do the wheels keep rolling? Oh
Metal down to the floor yeah, tell me
Why do we stop at a red light, oh I
Not for nothing, oh not for nothing

Freedom fighters, fighting in silence
Oh but not for nothing, no not for nothing

Why do the hands keep ticking around the clock?
Like the sand in a hourglass, so slow but so fast
Why are we born into sinning just to be born again?
Not for nothing, oh not for nothing
Oh not for nothing, oh no
Oh not for nothing, oh not for nothing

When you see my hands up and I say I can't breathe
That's not for nothing, oh no
When my hands are up high and I say I can't breathe
It's not for nothing, it's not for nothing
Oh not for nothing, oh not for nothing