Black & White

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...