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Monochrome

Hair of flaming red sprawled across my bed
a slice of rainbow in this world of black & white
Eyes of liquid green like high octane gasoline
I was a matchstick that was easy to ignite

Orange, purple, blue they belonged to you
in the wonder of your mind and in your clothes
You were elegant, you were eloquent
you were all I ever dreamed of, I suppose

Why’d you go and leave me all alone?
you took all the colors now they’re gone
and my life goes on
in monochrome

Now what I recall, babe, most of all
is how hard I tried to make you happy
you were my best friend but you drove me round the bend
I was the best I ever was and will be

Why’d you go and leave me all alone?
you took all the colors now they’re gone
and my life goes on
in monochrome

Now I sit by your stone and it cuts me to the bone
it’s just an old gray slab of granite
but in my mind’s eye I still see your smile
and all the colors of your spirit

I’d found in you a lover and a home
when every move you made was like a poem
and now my life goes in monochrome

Words & music by Markus Rill

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from Everything We Wanted, released February 15, 2022
Words & music by Markus Rill

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»Songs that are beautifully shimmering with ambiguity - brilliant lyrics« - Rolling Stone"

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