Gray Rainbow

[Nigel (spOOn) Clements]

Gray Rainbow by spOOn

Sequenced beyond nightmares
Barricaded by our dreams
Afraid to ask the question
What does this mean
What does this mean ah
Ah ah ah ah

Jesus, lord and savior
Why are you not here?
As your children suffer
Ah ah ah ah
The horror of living
Year after year
Year after year ah

And the saccharin drips
Behind your smile
And we feel so useless
Without your lies
Devoid of love
Devoid of all faith
'cause you said
We would go to
A better place
A better place ah

Perplexing misinformation
Carries us on a sea of doubt
With murderous intention
It's no wonder we can't get out

And the colours you promised
On salvation day
Are nothing to imagine
For the rainbows gray
For the rainbows gray
For the rainbows gray
Gray

[spinlock]

This is a song about my home town which was known for its steel and its smog. It made munitions in the second world war, but now has almost no work for miners, smiths and other metal workers that used to drive its economy.

Grey Rainbow
Spinlock

Mighty Machines crowd the valley floor
Pounding on steel, Coughing smoke, smelting ore
Through rain or snow they toil night and day
Pouring out arms to keep evil away
Filling the air with fumes

Watch, Like an abcess how industry grows
After each shift, we cough in our homes
Above, through the haze,
as the sun shines its rays
There hangs a grey rainbow.
For forgiveness we won't know

After the war, factories moved abroad
Flames were subdued so our tools were stored
But like the ash left when a fire has gone out
Everything's dulled with a thick film of doubt
If a rainbow shone today
It would appear as shades of grey.

[MC Eric B]

Gray Rainbow - by MC Eric B
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Got a fire burning
down deep in my soul
like a runaway train
I'm wild and out of control

Gotta keep on moving
always looking straight ahead
they'll be time enough to rest
when I'm buried and dead

There's blood on the tracks
and guilt under my skin
can't buy myself a ticket
with the wages of sin

But sometimes I wonder
if it's even worth the trip
feels like I'm walking the plank
on a sunken pirate ship

Who will be there waiting
at the end of the line
if you spend all of your days
chasing that dollar sign?

Chorus
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I see a gray rainbow
after the rain
The colors of the sky
are all blinded by pain

Where there's light, I see shadows
when there's truth, I find doubt
don't yet know all the secrets
but I'll soon figure them out

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I can feel the anger
flowin' in my veins
wanna bust out of my life
and break away these chains

Time to start a journey
a dangerous kind of quest
look deep inside your mind
for a buried treasure chest

But as I search for answers
only questions do I find
can't use a skeleton key
to unlock your peace of mind

The road to redemption's
paved with misery and lies
can you see the wall of darkness
behind my weary eyes?

Yet still I move on
with only a glimmer of hope
climbing back from this hell
is a slippery slope

Wounded, not broken
my heart is on the mend
I will never find my place
'till I reach this journey's end

Chorus
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I see a gray rainbow
after the rain
The colors of the sky
are all blinded by pain

Where there's light, I see shadows
when there's truth, I find doubt
don't yet know all the secrets
but I'll soon figure them out

(as song fades to end)

There's a rainbow of gray
up in the sky
wanna rise above this Earth
and let my spirit fly

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[Queen Anthony's Lace]

Gray Rainbow by Queen Anthony's Lace

I got a call from the doctor today,
And would you like to know what he had to say?
It turns out that my friend, ROY G. BIV,
Has only got seven days left to live.
Now, when ROY dies, there will be no more colors under the sun,
But, the way we see it, that still leaves us seven days to have rainbow fun.

On Monday morning we'll have bloody mary's
As red as the dress and the lipstick I'll be wearing.
We can eat candy canes and light off cherry bombs
And we'll become blood brothers by pricking our palms.

On Tuesday we'll carve pumpkins although it's not Halloween
And we'll sip on gin and juice and have a Tangerine Dream.
We'll play basketball on the beach.
We'll eat macaroni and cheese.

When you die,
There will be a gray rainbow in the sky.

On Wednesday we can go out picking sunflowers
And if you still really want to, I'll consider a golden -----!
We'll have lemon drop martinis and banana cream pie
And we can paper your apartment Charlotte Perkins Gilman style.

On Thursday I'll bring you green tulips.
I'll toss you a salad and mix you mint juleps.
We'll go miniature golfin'
And swimmin' with dolphins
And after that we'll just sit around smoking pot.

Oh ROY, when you're in your grave
There will be a gray rainbow when it rains.

On Friday and Saturday, the gravity of the doctor's news
Will sink in, and we'll both get the blues.
We can share a bottle of Hpnotiq and prepare for our loss
By going to the library and checking out some Kubler-Ross.

On Sunday you will have to face your long rest.
We can hold hands and contemplate under the purple sunset.
I will tuck you in to bed
And I will put you to sleep with farewell head.

When you're dead and gone
There will be a gray rainbow under the sun.
There will be a gray rainbow under the sun.

[mico saudad]

<b>Grey Rainbow</b>
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Duet:

1- Got no friends, got no family, I'm all alone, got no plans
2-__________________can't you just relax, put a pin on your pack

1- coming to the city but
2- ______oh now

1- I_____know where _I_ get this sour disposition that _I_ wear
2- I don't know where you get this sour disposition that you wear

1- I know it hurts me more
2- __It only hurts you more

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1- I see a big grey ranbow hanging over your head
1- where it came from ain't got no kinda sense but

1- it's hang__________ing over___________over your head
2- ______day and night________rain or shine

1- try to go out and run
--------

1- I'm staying up way to late watching the tables turning
2- ____________________________can't you just relax

1- I can't relax_____________I can't let it go
2- _________take a second to think

1- ______________I can't let it go
2- You gotta let go _____________ You gotta

1- And if I don't get some help __I ________I think I'm gonna explode!
2- let it go _________cause if you don't then...

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1- I see a big grey ranbow over your head
1- and where it comes from don't make no kinda sense but still

1- it's hang__________ing over___________over your head
2- ______day and night________rain or shine

1- hanging over your head

[blue]

there aint no rainbows here
we got gray water in the teapot to drink on

there aint no chickens here
we got crow pie in the slow pot to eat on

there aint no cryin here
they'll throw your ass in the swamp and let you swim home

i'm gonna play a little tune on my banjo.

there aint no healin here
all the medicine's to make you cry, oh

there aint no heroes here
nothing left for a man to fight, nope

what is it about a place that sinks you so low?
what is it about this place that makes you sink so low?

i'm gonna play a little tune on my banjo.

[wages]

Grey/Gray Rainbow (it's, um, about hair*)

CHORUS
hey, hey you grow me old
in you I'm losin' all hope
watching the fading black, R - G - B ....what I lack <----isn't this genius!?
living with a grey rainbow

VERSE 1 part 1 <-------- this part is supposed to have a PUSA sound to it, but it ended up with an eerie strange sound, we'll see how it goes!
I wanna stay outta the light
I don't need "what little" hair to shine
what did I do with that hat of mine?

VERSE 1 part 2
I need something from you
errands I'm afraid to go and do
mmmm.... can I get you...to...
my shame depends on you

CHORUS
hey, hey I'm growin' old
my hair has lost it's bold
plus it keeps gettin' thinner, bald might be the winner
combover my grey rainbow

VERSE 2 part 1
its just a fright
like Samson, losin' all my might <--------- com'on! These lyrics...
and my drain's clogged with ex-delight <--------- RULE!!!!!

VERSE 2 part 2
but I need something more
my scalp feels like an open sore
mmmm...the hair club's at the door <--------- I'm also a client!
I heard the knock and I hit the floor

*Note: No animals were harmed during the production of this song. However, 58 hairs fell out, 11 turned grey, 3 songfights begrudgingly listened to demo after demo of this song and even offered helpful advice, 2 cats went hungry, and 1 right ear drum bled to death.

[starfinger]

Steakhaus: Gray Rainbow
------

what the heck have you done to my moving picture show
i take that back, i think i really do not want to know
you promised color vivid, like a beam shining from heaven
on a scale from 1 to 10 your work gets negative eleven


lawyer suits and plastic smiles
this is gonna take a while

look in the contract, section 3
in reference to the quality

of your provided services
they can't be too much worse than this

i'm sickened by representation
so misleading, sows dissension


a gray rainbow hangs in the sky
our audience will wonder why

take our message from the medium
free us from monochrome tedium

an arc of doom over our heads
a curse upon you and your friends
what once was gray and black and white
should at least still look alright, right?

breeching contracts is not cool
you make me look like a fool

once more in anger i implore
give me back my money, whore

scurrilous dog!

a gray rainbow hangs in the sky
our audience will wonder why

take our message from the medium
free us from monochrome tedium

[Lyricburglar]

Gray Rainbow by spOOn

Sequenced beyond nightmares
Barricaded by our dreams
Afraid to ask the question
What does this mean
What does this mean ah
Ah ah ah ah

Jesus, lord and savior
Why are you not here?
As your children suffer
Ah ah ah ah
The horror of living
Year after year
Year after year ah

And the saccharin drips
Behind your smile
And we feel so useless
Without your lies
Devoid of love
Devoid of all faith
'cause you said
We would go to
A better place
A better place ah

Perplexing misinformation
Carries us on a sea of doubt
With murderous intention
It's no wonder we can't get out

And the colours you promised
On salvation day
Are nothing to imagine
For the rainbows gray
For the rainbows gray
For the rainbows gray
Gray

ditto

[Billy's Little Trip]

Gray Rainbow
by Billy's Little Trip

-verse-
As the storm clears the air
loved ones gather
final words are chosen well
as they all stand and stare
solemnly shattered
how did you hide your inner hell

-pre chorus-
Could you still hear it call
did it pull you back in again
I would tear down these walls
if I knew I could have saved you

-chorus-
You grab the torch and you throw it
hits the fuse and you blow it
you're fucked up and we know it
running in behind you
caving in around you

-verse-
The eyes can see for miles
all have gone now
the day turns from gray to bright
I see you look up and smile
and take your final bow
as the sky fills with brilliant light

-pre chorus-
Could you still hear it's call
did it pull you back in again
I would tear down these walls
if I knew, I could have saved you

-chorus-
The flames are coursing through you
too little just can't help you
too much will surely kill you
running up behind you
caving in around you
You grab the torch and you throw it
hits the fuse and you blow it
all fucked up and we know it
running in behind you
caving in around you

-ending verse-
As the storm clears the air
loved ones gather
final words are chosen well

[Cärpetbürn]

I search for a point in the past
A point where the future seemed bright
Where has it gone?
Where has that future gone?
I look in the eyes of strangers
And they always look back at mine
Like there's something wrong with me
Is there something wrong?

Now science is creation and Technology has made us hard
Because now there is proof there's no heaven above
and the lives we live so fast
and the jobs we take leave no time for the ones we love

Grey rainbow show all these fools the worth of their gold.

I search for a point in the past
A point where the future seemed bright
Where has it gone?
Where has that future gone?
I look in the eyes of strangers
And they always look back at mine
Like there's something wrong with me
Is there something wrong?

Grey rainbow show all these fools the worth of their gold
I know it sounds cruel but I will be there laughing when you've lost it all

There's something that somebody did
They wouldn't have done if it weren't for you
And there's something that somebody thought
They wouldn't have thought if it weren't for you
So next time you miss the meaning in life
Just think of that thing that they did
And next time you miss the point in your life
It may have already been lived

Grey rainbow show me the road that leads away
From this fools gold and away
From the fools that hold it

[Ross]

Gray Rainbow - by Syd and Me

Words by Sydney and Ross Durand, Music by Ross

Syd:
When there's no colors
A storm might come
And after the storm there'll be a gray rainbow
I'll be wet and cold
But that's okay
I'll be under that gray rainbow with you

Me:
Well you might wonder
Where all those colors went
The sun stopped makin' em yesterday
Though the red and orange used to keep us warm
That's okay
I'll be under that gray rainbow with you

And though there won't be colors up in the sky
There'll still be the blue in your eyes

[Uncle Steve plays trumpet]

Syd and Me:
When there's no colors
A storm might come
And after the storm there'll be a gray rainbow
I'll be wet and cold
But that's okay
I'll be under that gray rainbow with you

Me:
Lookin' in your eyes of blue.

[Geoff WreckdoM]

Gray Rainbow
by HipWreckD


It was July the sun was vicious felt like the air itself wanted to kill you just dry you out and kill you I was outside digging a hole to bury my daughters turtle in when suddenly it happened the sky turned black all light just blotted out I felt like I was fallin my head reelin

It’s the end of the world and I’m alright
Because I believe in the after life
When are souls are free and fly to space
We rejoin our loved ones in a better place
My smile is a frown turned upside down
I don’t feel despair at the world around
One day we’ll escape pain and disease
In the eternal embrace of Tranquility
The Earthly spoils and their mortal coils
Mean nothing to flesh turned gray and cold
The Earth will heal after our time passes
And grow again in peace upon our ashes
As we gaze down from our celestial homes
We join together and become as one
Fear and hate no longer separate us
In the beautiful paradise that awaits us
Take heart my friend close your eyes
And imagine we are there in paradise
You will find inside you calmer waters
That will guide you from this life to another
Calmer Waters

And as my eyes adjusted to the black I felt my hands were damp and the overwhelming smell of blood fresh blood came in from all around me it was on my hands my clothes it was everywhere I was wading in it blood was raining from the sky I remember looking up and seeing these crimson clouds blanketing everything and I was thinking to myself it was all dead even the rainbow was gray