Counting Crows - For the Sake of the Song lyrics

Why does she sing, her sad songs for me I'm not the one, to tenderly bring her soft sympathy I've just begun, to see my way clear and it's plain If I stop I will fall, I can lay down a tear for her pain Just a tear and that's all Oh now what does she want me to do? She says that she knows that moments are rare I suppose, that it's true, then on she goes To say I don't care, oh she knows that I do Maybe she just has to sing, for the sake of the song And who do I think that I am to decide that she's wrong She'd like to think that I'm cruel But she knows that's a lie for I would be No more than a fool if I allowed her to cry all over me Well all my sorrow is real, even though, I can't change my plans If she could see how I feel then I know, that she'd understand Or does she actually think I'm to blame? Does she really believe That some word of mine can relieve all of her pain? Can't she see that she grieves Just because she's been blindly deceived by her shame? Oh but maybe she just has to sing, for the sake of the song And who do I think that I am to decide that she's wrong Oh but nothin's what it seems Maybe she'll start someday to realize If she abandons her dreams Then all the words she can say are only lies And when will she see that to gain is only to lose? And all that she offers me are her chains and I got to refuse Oh but it's only to herself that she's lied She likes to pretend that's something that she must defend With her pride and I don't intend To stand here and be the friend from whom she must hide Well maybe she just has to sing, for the sake of the song And who do I think that I am to decide that she's wrong Maybe she just has to sing, for the sake of the song