Intro:
(Jazz piano chords, smooth bass line)
Yeah...
They always said life was black and white
But I found color in the grey...
Verse 1:
Panda vision, seeing life in monochrome
But my soul's technicolor, vibrant when I'm home
Used to think in absolutes - sober or high
Now I'm learning middle ground is where phoenixes fly
Black fur, white fur, but my heart's a rainbow
Pain taught me perspectives that the happy never know
They say "once an addict," I say "always evolving"
Every day's a new equation that I'm solving
Hook:
Life ain't black and white (no more)
Wrong ain't opposite of right (explore)
Sometimes you gotta fall to fly
Sometimes you live, sometimes you die
But in between is where we rise
Black and white, but I see paradise
Verse 2:
Mama said "pick a side," but I chose the spectrum
Toxic taught me medicine, pain became my weapon
STS soldiers know we fight in different shades
Victory ain't perfect, it's the progress that we made
Used to see my scars as failures painted on my skin
Now they're just reminders of the places that I've been
Phoenix feathers growing where the track marks used to be
Black and white panda finding color in between
Hook:
Life ain't black and white (no more)
Wrong ain't opposite of right (explore)
Sometimes you gotta fall to fly
Sometimes you live, sometimes you die
But in between is where we rise
Black and white, but I see paradise
Bridge:
(Beat strips to just piano and vocals)
They want simple stories - hero or villain
But I'm both and neither, constantly rebuilding
Sinner and saint, broken and whole
Phoenix and panda sharing one soul
Verse 3:
This for everyone who lives between the lines
Who found their truth in all the grey sometimes
Recovery ain't a destination, it's a journey we take
Every morning that we choose to be awake
I'm black and white stripes with a phoenix heart
Ending and beginning, finishing the start
STSPanda paradox, walking contradiction
But that's what makes this resurrection my addiction
Final Hook:
Life ain't black and white (I know)
Wrong ain't opposite of right (I grow)
I had to fall so I could fly
Part of me lived, part had to die
But in between is where I rise
Black and white, I found my paradise
Outro:
(Jazz piano plays out)
Panda colors, phoenix soul
Black and white but finally whole...
STSPanda
