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Other Shades of Grey
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I took 3 poems and smashed them together to make one song. It's equal parts admission of failure, examination of a dream and kiss off to a certain somebody.
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If King Missile and Portishead had a baby at a Cure concert - that's us.
Mayhem Lettuce has been crafting sad, strange, sometimes silly, spoken-word songs from rural Illinois since 1993. We're two beardy dudes raised on King Missile with delusions of Portishead.
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Alternative • Other Alternative
Charts
Peak #934
Peak in subgenre #134
Author
Mayhem Lettuce
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2004
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September 13, 2004
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MP3 4.1 MB • 128 kbps • 0:00
Story behind the song
I sometimes dream of meeting Her. You know, the perfect girl. The one who completes me. This is sort of about that and how it's always just a dream and how real girls are never going to measure up so why bother trying.
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Funny, I don't feel sexy, or healed, or lit from above And I sure don't feel holy, or well-educated, or even seen! Ain't never been wished upon Ain't never fell from the sky Ain't never been sang a song Ain't never been some girl's guy Ain't never been out on a date Ain't never wondered why Ain't never been out too late Ain't never made you cry I dreamt I kissed you but I don't even know your name Someday I'll find you when I learn to play this game We shared a mourning once but now I mourn alone I'm a stranger in your eyes I'm a stranger in my home Ain't never been crowned a King Ain't never had tea for two Ain't never been offered a ring Ain't never gone home with you Ain't never played Truth or Dare Ain't never been kissed just right Ain't never been led upstairs Ain't never spent the night I dreamt I kissed you but I don't even know your name Someday I'll find you when I learn to shake this blame We shared a mourning once but now I mourn alone I'm a stranger in your eyes I'm a stranger in my bones Nothing new, not truly; Not while you fool me with your what-nots and et ceteras filled and ready to duel me Deal me out Right out of your big, big life Right into this big, big hole I dug myself, I know It's too easy to shut the window and ignore the cars going by Pretending there aren't other shades of grey Dreaming too high, where the fall will kill if the lack of air doesn't I can never run away slowly enough to be caught I can never whisper in the rain-free September sun One more thing; Happy f*** ing birthday. Ain't never been wished upon (other shades of grey) Ain't never fell from the sky (candles on her cake) Ain't never been sang a song (slowly run away) Ain't never been some girl's guy (whisper in the rain) Ain't never been wished upon (whisper in the rain) Ain't never fell from the sky (pretend to run away) Ain't never been sang a song (icing on her cake) Ain't never been some girl's guy (other shades of grey)
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