Shades Of Blue

[Verse 1]
As seven ticks to eight o'clock
He rumbles down the stairs
Mother's cooking in her kitchen, Father's in his chair
The headline on the front page reads
"The sun's coming out today"
Shining down in perfect streaks, it's Anywhere, USA

[Chorus]
With eyes wide open
The sky is always a thousand shades of blue
Probably broken, lost and lonely
We're all just shades of you

[Verse 2]
Can't you hear the school bells singing?
Hurry, don't be late
Wandering the crowded hallways
Searching for his place
The writing on the chalk board reads
"Who will be king this year?"
And even though he raised his hand
No one knows he's there

[Chorus]
With arms wide open
His life's becoming a thousand shades of blue
Probably broken, lost and lonely
We're all just shades of you
There's no escaping where he's going
A thousand shades of blue
Probably hopeless, don't you notice?
We're all just shades of you

[Post-Chorus]
Oooohh, we're all just shades of you
Oooohh, A thousand shades of blue
Oooohh, we're all just shades of you

[Bridge]
He let the water run too deep
Then he just slowly slipped on in
And when he finds the nerve to breathe
All they say is no one saw it coming

[Chorus]
Hear the sirens, the cops arriving
A thousand shades of blue
But it's hopeless, no one noticed
We're all just shades of you
With eyes wide open, they found him floating
A thousand shades of blue
There's no escaping where he's going
We're all just shades of you

[Post-Chorus]
Oooohh, we're all just shades of you
Oooohh, A thousand shades of blue
Oooohh, we're all just shades of you
Oooohh, A thousand shades of blue