Grey Is the New Black

[Intro] [Verse 1] I still flinch at sudden voices Even when they’re kind Still look around for exits Like it’s wired into my spine We learned to come home quiet Like the house might split apart Now there are boots beside the doorway And a siren in the heart [Pre-Chorus] We got good at going missing At folding up to fit At reading every silence Like a warning in the walls [Chorus] Grey is the new black But black was never gone We wore it like a second skin And called it moving on Grey is the new black That’s just the light we lack Still here, still laughing Wearing it slack [Verse 2] You still look up when cupboards close Like noise and damage rhyme I still catch myself apologizing For taking up my size We leave the coffee in the sink The lamp on in the hall Trying to make a life that doesn’t Ask us both to disappear [Pre-Chorus] There’s a riot in the quiet ones A crack inside the glass And every day we stay out loud Feels like stealing something back [Chorus] Grey is the new black But black was never gone We wore it like a second skin And called it moving on Grey is the new black That’s just the light we lack Still here, still laughing Wearing it slack [Bridge] We were raised on careful breathing On soft steps, shut doors, lowered eyes But I’m done treating silence Like the holiest way to survive [Final Chorus] Grey is the new black But black was never gone We wore it like a second skin And now we’re leaving it on Grey is the new black But it don’t have to hold us back Still here, still laughing Wearing it slack [Outro] Not young Not done Not clean Not gone Grey is the new black Still here Still laughing