Shades Of Grey Feat. Toni Hill-Braille

[ti:Shades Of Grey Feat. Toni Hill] [ar:Braille] [al:Shades Of Grey] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Shades Of Grey Feat. Toni Hill - Braille [00:20.22]My darkest hour was pitch black [00:21.99]Rain clouds in the sky could only see [00:24.07]When the lightning strikes [00:25.52]Withered flowers hang with their heads down [00:27.88]The weight splashes inside and keeps falling [00:30.03]No smiles beauty hidden for protection [00:32.62]Until trampled by shuffling feat [00:34.58] [00:35.21]Until a new season arrives and brings joy [00:37.62]In times of desperation seeking to be noticed [00:40.12]And all I want is to be trimmed of these thorns [00:42.33]To seem more inviting to the poor [00:44.00]Unfortunate reflection of [00:45.42]My selfish existence [00:46.35]Can it be [00:47.50]It was all so simplistic [00:49.08]Sipping on my sorrow [00:50.12]While it's washing it away [00:51.47]Trying to add color to these shades of grey [00:53.74]And trying to make sense [00:54.89]Out of all this confusion [00:56.33]Embrace my reality [00:57.54]And unmask illusions holograms [00:59.07] [00:59.68]I advance on a quest with many questions [01:02.09]Distracted for a second [01:03.13]But I know that I destined [01:04.66]Counting my blessing renewed everyday [01:06.63]And I know I'd never grow [01:07.95]Without these shades of grey [01:09.05] [01:19.12]What could drive a man off a cliff [01:20.42]Lost in thoughts [01:21.54]Analyze life to find what's real and what's not [01:23.90]Forgotten faces flashing through my conscience [01:26.49]A conquest for freedom constant forward motion [01:29.31]Leaving Egypt past erased from attachment [01:31.48]To start from scratch [01:32.57]With the bricks that established [01:33.98]My true identity secret to most [01:36.23]Deeper then known [01:37.16]I'm keeping it close to my heart [01:38.81]Written on stone tablets alone in my magic [01:41.34]Advice projected correcting bad habits [01:43.79]Laughing as I drowned in mystical tears [01:46.08]Mind consumed by thoughts [01:47.37]That my physical fears [01:48.49]I can't listen with ears [01:49.75]'Cause words will deceive [01:51.05]As I stand up against darker versions of me [01:52.94] [01:53.48]Looking over my shoulder [01:54.79]Waiting for false moves [01:56.04]Dancing around land mines [01:57.31]And get lost in the grove [01:58.50]What happens when all [01:59.60]The light slowly fades away [02:00.98]And you try to see [02:01.97]God inside a shades of grey [02:03.45]He's ever present through [02:04.56]Our mistakes flaws and folly [02:05.95]He could have left me falling [02:07.04]But instead he called me [02:08.21]And I answered silent [02:09.72]And unsure what to say [02:10.77]Just thanking him for life [02:11.81]Even with the shades of grey [02:13.01] [02:33.12]This life is unpredictable [02:34.27]No limits or restrictions [02:35.43]It's filled with opportunities [02:36.63]And filled with addictions [02:37.87]So much joy yet so much affliction [02:40.32]Pain and oppression shame and conviction [02:42.75]So much we see yet so much we're missing [02:45.40]So much to change and so much we're fixing [02:47.87]Faith and forgiveness chaos destruction [02:50.23]Poverty paychecks starving [02:51.54]Children and corporate lunches [02:52.83]Love peace war hate and hunger [02:55.13]Fall winter spring summer sunshine and thunder [02:57.28] [02:57.79]I'm going under now I'm rising [03:00.29]How much time is left [03:01.54]There's no rewinding [03:02.73]Sometimes even the light can seem blinding [03:05.02]I wash my thoughts in blood [03:06.54]To keep my mind clean [03:07.82]I don't have everything I want [03:09.54]I've always had everything I needed [03:11.35]Everything hasn't always went how I planned it [03:14.04]But I wouldn't change who I am even [03:15.90]If you offered me a mansion [03:17.51]Just existing is enough just living [03:19.82]I'll do my best to make the right decisions [03:22.23]Until the day heaven takes me away [03:24.31]I'm gonna make the most of life [03:25.91]Even with the shades of grey