"Grey Street"

Oh, just sitting while she listens
She says I don't need this place
It seems a million years she's stuck here
But says nothing of what she thinks

She thinks, "Hey,
How did I come to this?
I dreamt like anybody else one night
I would be a beautiful princess."

But then the roads in the park fall
And then she rode the line in
And the colors mix together to grey
And break me out

Oh, when I'm indifferent
She prays to God most every night
Although she swears He doesn't listen
There's hope in her that He just might

She says, "I pray
But then my prayer fall on deaf ears
I'm supposed to take it all myself
To get out of this place."

She feels the lumps in the heart fall
And she rose up in the back
She hears the cars scream out from outside
And she whispers sometimes about this
But the colors mix together to grey
And wake me up

Oh, he grows up living
He says take what you can from your dreams
Make them real as anything
It takes the work out of the courage

She said, "Please,
There's a crazy man standing outside my door
I live on the corner of a dead end street
At the end of the world."

Oh, and the rocks out in the heart fall
And she dreams her way to life
And she knows no one will lift her
So she might as well do it herself

And then bummed out and worried
Of leaving city life
But all the colors mix together to grey
On Grey Street
On Grey Street
To Grey Street

Oh, when it comes down in your loving
Oh, well then baby it's right
You say you think you are nothing
No one else will do it for you
Reach up and grab hold of the sunlight
When you are waiting for what's right
You're holding on your Heaven
Won't leave you, yeah, yeah...

And the colors mix together to grey
Wake me up, wake me up, wake me up
To grey.



Lyrics submitted by oofus

Track duration: 05:07


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    General Comment:This is about Dave's sister who was murdered....
    Flag ChattDMBon December 28, 2012   Link
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    My Opinion:if you have ever been stuck in a depression you "get it".
    Flag Tawanda41on August 21, 2012   Link
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    General Comment:To me, the song is about depression and dealing with the pains of depression. The feelings of worthlessness and being trapped are dead on. Also some people who suffer from depression have a grey tint to everything they see. Dave gets the feelings spot on.
    Flag mcgmkbon May 17, 2011   Link
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    General Comment:I always thought of this song as being someone (not just a girl) who is watching her life pass her by. she has been at the same point in life for so long and wants to move on but can't, almost as if she's trapped in limbo....you know what i meen
    Flag Pete4020on April 07, 2011   Link
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    General Comment:
    its crazy how exactly right he got this when he wrote it, about how everything feels
    Flag juliarose8on July 10, 2010   Link
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    General Comment:An introverted persons imaginations of life are often colorful, hopeful, and carry with them very high expectations. But often such people are unable to bring their hopes into the light of day. I see an introspective young person, who can't understand why life doesn't seem to coincide with her colorful imaginations.
    Flag Falstaffon September 17, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:If you listen to this song and Peter Gabriel's "Mercy Street," this seems like a response to "Mercy Street."
    Flag GuyinGAon September 06, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:i love this song too. and while lyrically i like the lillywhite version better, i feel like it's totally missing their notorious "full, beautiful" sound. it sort of feels empty. thus, musically, the busted stuff version is probably my favorite.

    and as for "the gorge" lyrics, those are just the ones from the album. you're lucky you got to see it when they weren't cutting out the "there's a stranger creeps outside my door" verse. i guess it's still the same song, but that just builds up the outro even more with the "bold & bright".
    Flag dmrazbon July 29, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:This song is a great example of how DMB songs can find relevance no matter what. When I first heard this song I was reading the book "Rebbecca" by Daphne DuMaurier for school. Terrible book, never read it. But This song reminded me of how Rebbecca almost feels like she's dying at times, even in her lavish world.
    Flag Communism57on April 23, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:I believe this song was written about the poet Anne Sexton.
    Flag Wechinaon October 27, 2008   Link

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