Chromatics - Closer to Grey Album Lyrics

Hello darkness, my old friend
I've come to talk with you again
Because a vision softly creeping
Left its seeds while I was sleeping
And the vision that was planted in my brain
Still remains
Within the sound of silence

In restless dreams I walked alone
Narrow streets of cobblestone
Beneath the halo of a street lamp
I turned my collar to the cold and damp
When my eyes were stabbed
By the flash of a neon light
That split the night
And touched the sound of silence

And in the naked light I saw
Ten thousand people, maybe more
People talking without speaking
People hearing without listening
People writing songs that voices never share
And no one dared
Disturb the sound of silence

Hello darkness, my old friend
I've come to talk with you again

Summer skin
Faded now
Rhythm blocks the light out
In a dream
Fever breaks
Reaching for the water

You say the world is raining colors
I see you standing close to grey
You say you'll never kiss another
I see you running far away

Summer skin
Faded now
Can't seem to remember
Days go by
Chasing nights
Nothing lasts forever

You say the world is raining colors
I see you standing close to grey
You say you'll never kiss another
I see you running far away

Summer skin
Faded now
Touch the sound of silence
Hazel eyes
Full of tears
Searching for the summer

You say you'll never kiss another
I see you standing close to grey

You could teach me to be cruel
Like the way they tortured you
Teach me to be cruel
Like the way they tortured you

It's alright
Twist the knife
It's alright
Twist the knife

You disappear, disappear
Into grey, run away, run away
You disappear, disappear
Into grey, run away, run away

You can't let go of the past
When each day feels like your last
We could try to play it straight
Sometimes love feels just like hate

Every time I close my eyes
You twist and turn the knife

You could teach me to be cruel
Like the way they tortured you
Teach me to be cruel
Like the way they torture you

It's alright
Twist the knife
It's alright
Twist the knife

You disappear, disappear
Into grey, run away, run away
You disappear, disappear
Into grey, run away, run away

You can't let go of the past
When each day feels like your last
We could try to play it straight
Sometimes love feels just like hate

Every time I close my eyes
You twist and turn the knife

You could teach me to be cruel
Like the way they tortured you
Teach me to be cruel
Like the way they tortured you

It's alright
Twist the knife
It's alright
Twist the knife

Stray light, flicker just for me
Wake up, falling in a dream
I hear a voice
She whispers secrets from the death
(I'm light as a feather)

Stray light, flicker just for me
(Nothing lasts forever)
Wake up, falling in a dream
(I'm light as a feather)
I hear a voice
(Nothing lasts forever)
She whispers secrets from the death
(I'm light as a feather)

Stray light, flicker just for me
(Nothing lasts forever)
Wake up, falling in a dream
(I'm light as a feather)
I hear a voice
(Nothing lasts forever)
She whispers secrets from the death
(I'm light as a feather)

Stray light, flicker just for me
Wake up, falling in a dream
I hear a voice
She whispers secrets from the death

(I'm light as a feather)
(Nothing lasts forever)
She whispers secrets from the death
(I'm light as a feather)
Sometimes it's better left unsaid

(I'm light as a feather)
(Nothing lasts forever)
(I'm light as a feather)
(Nothing lasts forever)
(I'm light as a feather)

I can rest again now that the sky is grey
It hasn't rained here since May

I tried to move a mountain
I'm waiting for it to fall
I'm staring out the window
Waiting for you to call
You won't

I can breathe again now that they've all gone home
It's been a long time since I've been alone

I tried to start a fire
I'm waiting for it to burn
My luck has all been bad
I'm waiting for it to turn
It won't

You can't see forever unless it's far behind
If you close your eyes too long
You might one day go blind

I tried to build a castle
I think it's made of sand
I'm flying around in circles
Looking for a place to land
But I won't

I think I'll stay awhile now that the winter's come
It's been a long time since you've been gone

I tried to move a mountain
I'm waiting for it to fall
I'm staring out the window
Waiting for you to call
You won't

I see the clear waves in my dreams
At night you're lying next to me
My fingers running through your hair
like entries in your diary

Touch red
You're cold as ice
Touch blue
The taste of water
Touch red
Inside your eyes
Touch blue
The world needs color

I feel the clear waves in my dreams
I want the ocean in your arms
The beach is slipping through my hands
Your eyes are painted like a doll's

Touch red
You're cold as ice
Touch blue
The taste of water
Touch red
Before you're gone
Touch blue
The world needs color

[Instrumental]

Little girl, the world just wants to break you
They've come to dull that look inside your eye
Don't you know it only makes you stronger
You don't have to try to run and hide

Little boy, the world just wants to trick you
Can't you see that look inside their eyes
Don't you know that pain can make you stronger
You don't have to buy into their lies

Go (deeper)
Go (deeper)
Go (deeper)
Go (deeper)

Little girl, the nights are getting longer
Can't you hear the whispers in the hall
They know that you're only getting stronger
You don't have to answer when they call

Little boy, the days are counting backwards
Can't you read the writing on the wall
Don't you know that fear is what they offer
Love is there to catch you if you fall

Go (deeper)
Go (deeper)
Go (deeper)
Go (deeper)
Go (deeper)
Go (deeper)
Go (deeper)
Go (deeper)

Black, red, orange, yellow, green, blue
Purple, violet, pink, white, gray, silver

Between her dreams and oxygen
The end is all she ever asked
Engines warm, it's dark outside
A hidden tear behind her mask

Black walls closing in again
Losing sleep and lost in time
She'll close her eyes and unlock mine
She turns water into wine

And she says she's no substitute
And she's always dropping blue
And they say there's no reward for you
But all their lies end on a Monday

Black walls closing in again
Losing sleep and lost in time
She'll close her eyes and unlock mine
She turns water into wine

And she says she's no substitute
And she's always dropping blue
And they say there's no reward for you
But all their lies end on a monday

They'll drink theirs
I'll drink mine
They'll drink theirs
I'll drink mine
They'll drink theirs
I'll drink mine
They'll drink theirs
I'll drink mine
Raining pain from black walls
She fills up the glass again

She turns water into wine
She turns water into wine
She turns water into wine
She turns water into wine

[Instrumental]

Tomorrow will start over
When today says goodnight
Morning will forget
About the ghost of last night
It's a quiet life
In a nowhere town
Where the arcade still glows
When no one's around

I drop a dime in the wishing well
Where all things are new
And a kiss never tells
I'm doing time where dreams are for sale
In a room with a view
And the bruises are blue

It's a quiet life
In a nowhere town
Where the arcade still glows
When no one's around

I drop a dime in the wishing well
Where all things are new
And a kiss never tells
I'm doing time where dreams are for sale
In a room with a view
And the bruises are blue

I drop a dime in the wishing well
Where all things are new
And a kiss never tells
I'm doing time where dreams are for sale
In a room with a view
And the bruises are blue

Tomorrow will start over
When today says goodnight
Morning will forget
About the ghost of last night