Green & Gray Lyrics

I'm in a room full of people hanging on one person's breath We would all vote him most likely to be loved to death I hope he still wants it but it might remind him of when He aimed for the bull's eye and he hit it nine times out of ten
That one time his hand slipped, and I saw the dart sail away I don't know where it landed but I'm guessing between green and gray And I thought nothing of it but it still haunts him like a ghost With all eyes upon him except two that matter the most
He says, "Green is the color that everyone sees all around me Gray is the color I see around her, she's just a blur" The more the crowd cheers The less I can hear and they don't really care what I play Might be for her but for now it's between green and gray
We paid and we cheered, now we're gone and to us that feels right But for him every one of those evenings turns into a night With another hotel room where he lays awake to pretend That he's doing fine with his notebook and Discman for friends
He says, "Green is the color that everyone sees all around me Gray is the color I see around her, she's just a blur" Night after night what I hear, what I write Fills the room and my head starts to sway Might be for her but for now it's between green and gray
I want you to love me, he whispers, unable to speak And he wonders aloud why feelings so strong make the body so weak Then he awoke, now he's scared to death somebody heard If it was you and you know her, please don't say a word