Still Laughing

[Verse 1] The house still knows our names The kitchen light still buzzes low The ghosts still keep the counters clean But they don’t get to run the show We still flinch, we still check the locks We still map the exits in our sleep But we laugh about it in the morning With the coffee going cold and the company we keep [Pre-Chorus] We were raised on careful breathing We learned to come home loud We chose the lights, we chose the gray And we’re still here somehow [Chorus] Still laughing With a mouthful of bad news Still laughing In the absence of colour, in the ordinary truth Grey is the new black But black was never gone We didn’t lose the darkness We just learned to wear it like a song [Verse 2] No monument, no flag, no pretty lie Just boots by the doorway, keys on the tile Two people who stopped disappearing And started staying for a while The mirror still tells its little jokes Time still collects its tax But there’s a riot in these quiet ones And we’re still dressed in shades of ash [Bridge] Here’s to the ones who learned Not every wound gets seen Some ghosts don’t rattle windows They just keep the kitchen clean We don’t need a witness We don’t need a plaque Just a chair that doesn’t vanish And the courage to laugh back [Final Chorus] Still laughing With a mouthful of bad news Still laughing In the absence of colour, in the ordinary truth Grey is the new black And black was never gone We’re not young, not done, not clean But we’re still here… still laughing Grey is the new black… And we’re still laughing [Outro] Not young Not done Not clean Not cracked Still here Still laughing Grey is the new black