tell me again, why am I here?

All day I try to please
smile through my lonliness
smile through my losses
secretly happy that its one day less

I try to find a face in the crowd
meet and then fade away
can't the moment just stop
so that you can be in it with me

Is this the price we pay
the compromise we need to make
to make our dreams come true

tell me again, why am I here?
tell me again, I have to know
it seemed so long ago
when I heard it the last time
tell me again..