Shades, A Song.

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The city reeks of heartsickness
Sewers intertwining like veins under blackened skin
Do you hear the thrum of the municipality?
It's like the song of a girl drinking Scotch by the sea
Throaty laughter, bubbling glee

If I asked you to dirty dance on the bridge with me
You would laugh and pull me into the river
Where we would sing and grind to Queen
All night by the light of a thousand stars and one big moon

All you see is the world in monochrome
Shades of grey, shades of grey
I wish you would take off those stupid custom glasses
And see me in shades of color, shades of color
Instead of just in shades

We once took sixty dollars from your dad's safe
And borrowed my older sister's minivan
Got drunk on her leftover cider
And sang terrible blues all the way to Washington
Baby, let's do all that again

All you see is the world in monochrome
Shades of grey, shades of grey
I wish you would take off those stupid custom glasses
And see me in shades of color, shades of color
Instead of just in shades

Honey, in my mind we're still slow dancing
In the limelight of the moon
Baby can you just look at me with your eyes open for once in your damn life?

All you see is the world in monochrome
Shades of grey, shades of grey
I wish you would take off those stupid custom glasses
And see me in shades of color, shades of color
Instead of just in shades

Shades, baby, shades

Everything in shades. 

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