Green And Gray Lyrics

Green And Gray lyrics

I'm in a room full of people, hanging on one person's breath.
We would all
vote him most likely to be loved to death.
I hope he still wants it, but it
might remind him of when,
he aimed for the bulls eye and hit it nine times
out of ten.
That one time his hand slipped, and I saw the dart sail
away.
I don't know where it landed, but I'm guessing between green and
gray.
We thought nothing of it, but it still haunts him like a
ghost.
With all eyes upon him, except two that matter the most.

He
says "Green is the color everyone sees al around me.
Gray is the color I see
around her, and she's just a blur."
The more the corwd cheers, the less I can
hear
and they don't really care what I play. It might be for her.
But for
now it's between green and gray.

We paid and we cheered. Now we're gone
and to us that feels right.
But for him every one of those evenings turns
into a night.
With another hotel room where he lays awake to pretend
that
he's doing fine with his notebook and discman for friends.

He says "Green
is the color everyone sees al around me.
Gray is the color I see around her,
and she's just a blur."
Night after night what I hear, what I write fills
the room
and my head starts to sway. It might be for her,
but for now
it's between green and gray.

I want you to love me, he whispers, unable
to speak.
And he wonders aloud why feelings so strong make the body so
weak.
Then he awoke. Now he's scared to death somebody heard.
If it was
you, and you know her, please don't say a word.