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[Verse 1]

hold your breath and count to twenty-eight
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change is slow, but i feel it taking shape
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folding over us like waves, on oragami ocean tides, we sway
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[Verse 2]

like blueprints constantly being rearranged
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over microscopes we plan and strain
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the finest print in the whitest ink, before it dries there's no time to think
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feels like everything we've known is sink or swim
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grey is not a compromise, it is the bridge between two sides
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i would even argue that it is the color that most represents god's eyes
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[Verse 3]

hold your breath and count to twenty-nine
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connect the dots and cherish every line
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paper cuts and trails aside, make a wish and hold it tight
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this time, we'll try our very hardest not to try
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grey is not a compromise, it is the bridge between two sides
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the shores on which our stubborn land and restless seas collide
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grey is not just middle ground, it is a truce that waits to be signed
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i would even argue that from where we stand it most represents
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the color of god's eyes
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[Outro]


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we'll fold our atlas into paper planes
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change is slow but i feel it taking shape
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