[Part I]      so where do we begin   and what else can we say?   when the lines are all drawn   what should we do today?      [Part II]      are you listening   am i here screaming?   drowning in a silent sea   or only dreaming?      drifting in and out   his mind never rests   lying in shadows   replaying a thousand regrets      can you hear me   am i getting through?   a million miles away   or here beside you?      drifting in and out   his heart never forgets   lying in shadows   replaying a thousand regrets      and the minutes just pass   as the hours change   and the shifting sands   slowly rearrange      drifting in and out   his mind never rests   lying in shadows   replaying a thousand regrets      [Part III]      there's a cloud above us   and there's a shadow on us   and outside of us   hangs this shade of gray      rain falling   hours crawling   all around this shade of gray      there's a chill about us   and there's a sadness with us   and deep within us   lies this shade of gray      rain falling   hours crawling   all around this shade of gray   this shade of gray   "rain's falling, hours crawling"   this shade of gray   "rain's falling, hours crawling"      there's a space beside us   and there's miles between us   and all around us   grows this shade of gray      rain falling   hours crawling   all around this shade of gray      rain falling   hours crawling   all around this shade of gray   this shade of gray   "rain's falling, hours crawling"   this shade of gray   "rain's falling, hours crawling"      [Part IV]      listen   only us breathing   and the rain keeping time   dividing the silence   in a distant thunder      listen   only hearts beating   and the rain keeping time   measuring out the minutes   and taking us under      [Part V]      murdered in munich   crucified in rome   was killing time   on the long road home      let nothing bleed into nothing   and did nothing   let nothing bleed into nothing   and did nothing at all      withered in winter   wished away the night   was out of mind   while out of sight      let nothing bleed into nothing   and did nothing   let nothing bleed into nothing   and did nothing at all      let nothing bleed into nothing   and did nothing   let nothing bleed into nothing   and did nothing at all      watched the days just pass   as the seasons changed   and the shifting sands   slowly rearranged      but i will not eulogize   i won't apologize   i will not defend   anymore, anymore   i will not dramatize   i won't soliloquize   i will not pretend   anymore, anymore      [Part VI]      i know that i don't know you   and you couldn't know me   but time and space collided   and here we are, here we are      i know that you don't understand   and i can't explain   but circumstance conspired   and here we are, here we are      "the time is four nineteen..."   "time flies..."   "???"   "the answer is no..."      and i know we can't turn back all the years   time reflected in a shade of gray   but i often wonder what could have been   and i still hold on to yesterday      and i know we're not children any more   innocence lost in a sea of gray   but i often wonder what else could be   and i still dream of running away      so where do we begin   and what else can we say?   when the lines are all drawn   what should we do today?      [Part VII]      stare from the darkness   hear the silence call?   devise divisions, delay decisions,   watch the hours crawl and...      let nothing bleed into nothing   and do nothing?   let nothing bleed into nothing   and do nothing at all?      recite soliloquies   to shadows on the wall?   revise revisions, reverse decisions   watch our heros fall and...      let nothing bleed into nothing   and do nothing?   let nothing bleed into nothing   and do nothing at all?      "i want you to do me a favor..."   "i want you to get a gun...and just shoot me! shoot me!"      let nothing bleed into nothing   and do nothing?   let nothing bleed into nothing   and do nothing at all?      let nothing bleed into nothing   and do nothing?   let nothing bleed into nothing   and do nothing at all?      [Part VIII]      [Instrumental]      [Part IX]      stayed up late last night   lying here in bed   looking for words   to say the things i left unsaid   wind at my window   whispers to me instead   and i lie alone   writing letters in my head      where you are, i am   through nights that never end   where you are, i am   in words i'll never send      walked alone last night   cold streets of could be anywhere   looking for words   to share the thoughts i could not share   road at my heels   takes me away instead   and i walk alone   writing letters in my head      where you are, i am   through streets that never end   where you are, i am   in words i'll never send      where you are, i am   through nights that never end   where you are, i am   in words i'll never send   never, never send      stayed up late last night   lying here in bed   still looking for words   still writing letters in my head      [Part X]      [Instrumental]      [Part XI]      do you think that i, that i remember   do you think that i, that i recall   when you were falling   and i just watched it all?      do you think that i, that i remember   do you think that i, that i recall   when you were breaking   and i just let the pieces fall?      don't you think that i remember   don't you think that i recall   when you were alone, oh all alone   and i didn't hear, hear your call?   call... hear your call, hear your call, hear your call...      [Part XII]      this shade of gray   this certain sadness   this cold morning light   and this silent madness   it hangs in the air   it hangs like a memory   it hangs like a cloud   it hangs on desperately   between dark and light   between was and be   between young and old   between you and me   between you and me      i remember cities   and i remember rain   like the sound of your voice, falling   these memories and more remain   i remember winter   and i remember strain   like the sound of your voice, breaking   these memories and more remain   i remember the nights   and i remember pain   like the sound of your voice, alone   these memories and more remain      so where do we begin   and what else can we say?   when the lines are all drawn   what should we do today?      close our eyes awhile   as morning shadows play   and listen to the rain   wash the long night away   face to face we'll awake   to see another day   and with hope in our hearts   embrace this shade of gray   this pleasant shade of gray