Gray

Streetlights bleeding through the wet today Cold and distant faces never look my way Hands buried deep in a rain-soaked coat Following sidewalks with my head hung low Traffic rushes past me, splashing through the haze People headed somewhere—I can't say the same Round one more corner, one more block to nowhere Walking like someone trying not to get there Gray Skies hang over me Gray The only shade I see I've been walking through life this way Yesterday and every day Storefront windows mirror someone I don't know All those miles show beneath a weary soul Your name lights my phone—I let it fade away One more chance to tell the truth I couldn't say I keep telling myself tomorrow's not too late But when tomorrow shows, it looks like yesterday One more block goes by, and one more promise gone Walking like I'd missed the starting gun Gray Is it in the skies Gray Or is it in my eyes I've been walking through life this way Looking down—or just looking away City lights flicker on in storefront glass I feel in the way when all these strangers pass Corner buskers croon into the evening air Never understood why I feel so lonely there Couples holding hands like they'll never come undone I keep moving, though I don't know where from Another step just falls onto the sodden ground Walking through a world that doesn't know me now Here I am again Walking in the rain Retracing every step I've made Back where I began I stop Nothing changes pace The world keeps moving on I don't know where I went wrong Or how long I've been gone But here I am again Gray It doesn't have to stay Gray Doesn't have to be this way I'm looking up for the first time in days Maybe I can walk—beyond the gray