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oh look at how she listens
she says nothing of what she thinks
she just goes stumbling through her memories
staring out onto Grey Street
she thinks, "Hey, how did i come to this?
i dream myself a thousand times around the world
but i can't get out of this place"
there's an emptiness inside her
and she'd do anything to fill it in
but all the colors mix together--to grey
and it breaks her heart
how she wishes it was different
she prays to God most every night
and though she swears it doesn't listen
there's still a hope in her it might
she says, "i pray bu they fall on deaf ears,
am i supposed to take it on myself?
to get out of this place
there's a loneliness inside her
and she'd do anything to fill it in
and though it's red blood bleeding from her now
when all the colors mix together--to grey
there's a stranger speaks outside her door
says takewhat you can from your dreams
make them as real as anything
it's take the work out of courage
but she says, "please
there's a crazy man that's creeping outside my door
i live on the corner of Grey street
and the end of the world"
there's an emptiness inside her
and she'd do anything to fill it in
and though it's red blood bleeding from her now
it's more like cold blue ice in her heart
she feels like kicking out all the windows
and setting fire to this life
she could change everything about her
using colors bold and bright
but all the colors mix together--to grey
and it breaks her heart
it breaks her heart
to grey
she says nothing of what she thinks
she just goes stumbling through her memories
staring out onto Grey Street
she thinks, "Hey, how did i come to this?
i dream myself a thousand times around the world
but i can't get out of this place"
there's an emptiness inside her
and she'd do anything to fill it in
but all the colors mix together--to grey
and it breaks her heart
how she wishes it was different
she prays to God most every night
and though she swears it doesn't listen
there's still a hope in her it might
she says, "i pray bu they fall on deaf ears,
am i supposed to take it on myself?
to get out of this place
there's a loneliness inside her
and she'd do anything to fill it in
and though it's red blood bleeding from her now
when all the colors mix together--to grey
there's a stranger speaks outside her door
says takewhat you can from your dreams
make them as real as anything
it's take the work out of courage
but she says, "please
there's a crazy man that's creeping outside my door
i live on the corner of Grey street
and the end of the world"
there's an emptiness inside her
and she'd do anything to fill it in
and though it's red blood bleeding from her now
it's more like cold blue ice in her heart
she feels like kicking out all the windows
and setting fire to this life
she could change everything about her
using colors bold and bright
but all the colors mix together--to grey
and it breaks her heart
it breaks her heart
to grey
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She prays to God most every night,
And though she swears it doesn't listent,
There's still a hope in her it might,
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There's a stranger speaks outside her door,
Says, "Take what you can from your dreams
Make them as real as anything,
Will the work out of courage?"
But she says, "Please,
There's a crazy man that's creeping outside my door,
I live on the corner of Grey Street and the end of the world."
I always viewed this as the answer of her prayers but she doesn't seem to realize that it is such.
"I dreamed myself a thousand times around the world
But I can't get out of this place" - depression is holding her back from what she thought her life would be
"And though it's red blood bleeding from her now
It feels like cold blue ice in her heart" - perhaps referring to self harm? She is literally bleeding but still she feels nothing
"She feels like kicking out all the windows
And setting fire to this life" - she's given up completely, she's frustrated and she just wants things to change or end
The whole verse about praying to God - she's desperate, she feels that there is nothing she can turn to, she feels that she has to completely take this on herself and it's overwhelming
"All the colours mix together, to grey" - she tries to feel connected to people and joy in her life, but it isn't working and it "breaks her heart" that she can't feel close to anything or anyone
I'm wondering if the line about someone creeping outside her door has to do with a psychiatrist or whether it is a hallucination related to her mental illness (which would be common in something like bipolar disorder, which is extreme ups and downs; feeling that you can do anything, and then being nearly catatonic. Also the reference to a "crazy man".
"She goes stumbling through her memories, staring out onto grey street" - she remembers a time when things were easier and she felt joy, but she can't anymore.
"You could change everything about her" - perhaps if someone could intervene and get through to her her life could be changed and she could face her depression, but for now she is all alone.
As you can see I take this song very seriously. In my teens and early twenties, it made me feel like someone out there "got" me.
I think it brings up a certain event in everyone who experinces this song.
It's about a girl who, when she was young, dreamt of doing so many things and being so many places before she died or got too old to get the chance to.
But now, in midlife, she's realized she hasn't done nearly anything that she dreamed of.
Her heart is telling her to go before it's too late, but her mind (creepy man) is telling her to stay. So there she is, stuck on Grey Street.
She feels alone in her decision. Without God..
That's my interpretation, but then again, all of Dave's songs mean something different to everyone who listens to them.
It's what he aims for, I believe.
Enjoy.
"Why dream myself a million times around the world
When I can't get out of this place?"
love this song!
There's loneliness inside her
And she'd do anything to fill it in
And though it's red blood bleeding from her now
It feels like cold blue ice in her heart
When all the colors mix together - to grey
And it breaks her heart
I see the chorus as the end of the story, and the verses are flashbacks. The "red blood bleeding" is her act of suicide, possibly by cutting her wrists, and the "cold blue ice in her heart" as well as the "colors mixing together" to grey are perhaps her final sensations before death, of cold and her vision fading.
There's a stranger speaks outside her door
Says take what you can from your dreams
Make them as real as anything
It'd take the work out of the courage
But she says, "Please
There's a crazy man that's creeping outside my door,
I live on the corner of Grey Street and the end of the world"
I saw an alternate interpretation to this verse. I saw this as her wrestling with her suicidal thoughts. The "stranger" telling her to "take what she can of her dreams" are her own thoughts telling her she's a failure, as in "Take what you can, but you're not going to achieve it." Telling her to make her dreams "real" instead of fanciful, and that it would take the "work" out of the "courage" it takes to end your own life. She fights these thoughts by crying out blindly "There's a crazy man outside my door" meaning that these thoughts are not her own, or not as she used to be, and but that her situation hasn't improved.
She feels like kicking out all the windows
And setting fire to this life
She could change everything about her using colors bold and bright
Finally, this is the last flashback before her suicide. She's lashing out, hating her life and what it represents what it's become. She desperately wants to explode, to scream and yell and destroy her "self" and start over, but succumbs.
Powerful song, and although my friend didn't kill herself, this song almost fit her perfectly. Good writing, Dave!
Oh look at how she listens
She says nothing of what she thinks
She just goes stumbling through her memories
Staring out on to Grey Street
She thinks, "Hey,
How did I come to this?
I dream myself a thousand times around the world,
But I can't get out of this place"
In this, I saw a girl who is trapped up in her own world. She's sad, depressed, and doesn't feel like talking to anyone. She's looking back on her life solemnly, perhaps out her window, wondering where things went wrong. She questions it, thinking about the dreams she had when she was younger, what she wanted to be, and how drastically different her life is.
How she wishes it was different
She prays to God most every night
And though she swears it doesn't listen
There's still a hope in her it might
She says, "I pray
But they fall on deaf ears,
Am I supposed to take it on myself?
To get out of this place"
Here she's pleading to god to help her, give her guidance or a way to better her life, but since it's not happening, she's thinking of suicide, her way "take it upon herself to get out."
this song is about a depressed girl who wants to get out of her depression, but doesn't know how. i've been to grey street and at one time this song described my life perfectly
i think this woman has gotten to a point in her life where she hates the person she has become and wants to change
"and setting fire to this life
she could change everything about her
using colors bold and bright"
also when i first heard it, i thought maybe she cuts her wrists because of the reference to her bleeding
I can see this, actually, especially with the references to prayer and religion- Anne became increasingly more religious as her depression grew and she felt that God didn't listen to her.