Reason Why

The Story Behind the Song

This song carries the weight of fifteen years I spent as a 911 dispatcher. It's written from the perspective of an operator (me) who answered hundreds of calls that ended this way — with grief, loss, and silence on the other end of the line. Too often, both I and the caller were powerless to do anything more than wait for help to arrive. I didn't write Reason Why as a dramatization. I wrote it as a testimony — to capture the echoes of voices I still hear. It's my attempt to give shape to that helplessness, and in doing so, honor the countless people who've cried out for help in their final moments.

Lyrics aren't published on the live site and aren't included here — flagged for Brian to supply if he wants them on the page. Per-song streaming links also aren't broken out anywhere on the live site; see the album page for the His/Hers streaming links.