[Verse 1 – slow, almost spoken over minimal picked guitar]
Another morning bleeds in through the blinds
Same cup, same stain, same nothing on my mind
I wait for the wave to hit or miss
But it just hovers — no sting, no kiss
Brush my teeth like it’s someone else’s face
Stare at the mirror, see empty space
[Pre-Chorus – faint bass joins, still dragging]
No reason it left, no reason it stays
Just a quiet thief that steals the days
[Chorus – layers build slowly, vocals double-tracked for that hollow echo, repeatable hook]
Gray comes back, gray comes back
Washes everything to flat, flat, flat
Can’t feel the hurt, can’t feel the high
Just floating dead inside my own life
Gray comes back, gray comes back
Steals the color, leaves the track
It’ll fade away like smoke in rain
Then creep right back again… again…
[Verse 2 – add soft, distant cymbal wash, keep it sparse]
Friends call, I answer with a line I’ve rehearsed
“Yeah, I’m good,” but the words feel cursed
Walk the block, sun hits like it should
But the warmth stops short, misunderstood
Tried to force a tear once, poked at the void
Nothing answered, just more noise destroyed
[Chorus – repeat with slight swell, pedal steel or bowed guitar underneath for ache]
Gray comes back, gray comes back
Washes everything to flat, flat, flat
Can’t scream it out, can’t even break
Just numb in waves that never wake
Gray comes back, gray comes back
Takes the feeling, leaves the lack
It’ll lift tomorrow, maybe next week
Or maybe never — who can speak?
[Bridge – drop almost to silence, then build very slowly with feedback hum]
Sometimes I miss the crash, the burn, the fall
At least that proved I could feel at all
This nothing’s colder, deeper than the dark
A blank page where the heart used to spark
But I still get up, still pay the bills
Still fake the smile that nobody kills
[Final Chorus – full but restrained, let it fade into reverb tail]
Gray comes back, gray comes back
Washes everything to flat, flat, flat
It comes and goes like bad TV snow
Tune in tomorrow, see if it shows
Gray comes back… gray comes back…
(quiet repeat, trailing off)
Gray… comes… back…
