The Lake of Tears is in Northern Wisconsin

Can you tell me why you have been so sad?
Can you tell me why your hair isn't brushed and your plants aren't watered
Why the paper hasn't been brought in for the last five days
And why I see no light in your dull blank gaze
Can you tell me why you have been so very sad?

'i feel an overwhelming desire not to be here
an unfulfillable wish to be in better times
when the snow came down cool and thick
and God was close by
in the air i breathed
and the thoughts i thought
in everything i felt and saw'

Can you tell me why the tears no longer come?

'i have no more left to cry'

Can you explain to me why you lack the courage to die?

'death isn't courage, it's just a mistake
living is good until you die, then it's just like falling in love for the first time'

Can you tell me why you live under rainclouds and in the spaces between dead leaves on your lawn?

'my darling, you died
stop asking me questions, i cried
and now i'm living for those days in your car
when i drove all day
and you drove all night
and we spent our time searching for the place where they keep the better life
now i've realized the search was it all along'

Can you tell me why you have been so sad?