Green And Gray

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