shades of gray
i’ll go back to being me
and you’ll go back to being you
and we’ll be in some other time
that we remember
as feeling so far away
from right now, and this love
we’ll be oblivious to all of the befores
and we’ll stop before the afters
none of this is happening now
you be you; i’ll be me.
but i don’t know who i am
anymore than you remember who you were
maybe we were just black and white
you black, you white; me black, me white.
and our love blended us to shades of gray.
we’re not as harsh on the eyes
but we’re smoky, like dewey morning horizons
and we’re soft in each others eyes.
you go back to being you
and i’ll go back to being me
and we’ll be in some other time
we don’t have to learn from these lessons
we can fail this course of relationship
but i still love you, of course
and i don’t want to forget you, of course
it was black and white all along.
pass me a lighter, baby
i’ll set the fire
our history will go up in shades of gray
smoke and flame.