The Darkest Shades of Gray by The Gatling Gun Revival Lyrics
[Verse 1]
The serpent’s silver tongue is a loaded gun
Tangled in the sheets
Where our souls collide with the words that slide
Right between our teeth
[Chorus]
And with a tasteless kiss on our careless lips
We take what we can get
Another shapeless face in the shameless race
To live without regret
For love has always been a guessing game
And city starlight shines as we march in lines
To find ourselves again
Replacing one vice with the other
To forget where we have been
[Verse 2]
As creatures of the night we find comfort in
The moonlight’s lonesome song
Where our demons are set free to fly
With wings of the darkest shades of gray
[Chorus]
So the whiskey burns as we take our turns
To dance with misery
Then Danny says to me
“Well, maybe she’s the one to make you see
That no one’s ever all they hope to be
And it’s godlessness we learn is best
To help ourselves believe
So let’s open another bottle
And we’ll drive away defeat.”
[Bridge]
I know we are all just fugitives of someone we loved
That we cannot forget
Now the sun is rising somewhere above our heads
I guess we lost track of time
I know we are all just killing time
(one, two, one, two, three, four!)
Until the minaret of circumstance brings us to our knees
And we’re praying to an emptiness that makes us feel complete
The serpent’s silver tongue is a loaded gun
Tangled in the sheets
Where our souls collide with the words that slide
Right between our teeth
[Chorus]
And with a tasteless kiss on our careless lips
We take what we can get
Another shapeless face in the shameless race
To live without regret
For love has always been a guessing game
And city starlight shines as we march in lines
To find ourselves again
Replacing one vice with the other
To forget where we have been
[Verse 2]
As creatures of the night we find comfort in
The moonlight’s lonesome song
Where our demons are set free to fly
With wings of the darkest shades of gray
[Chorus]
So the whiskey burns as we take our turns
To dance with misery
Then Danny says to me
“Well, maybe she’s the one to make you see
That no one’s ever all they hope to be
And it’s godlessness we learn is best
To help ourselves believe
So let’s open another bottle
And we’ll drive away defeat.”
[Bridge]
I know we are all just fugitives of someone we loved
That we cannot forget
Now the sun is rising somewhere above our heads
I guess we lost track of time
I know we are all just killing time
(one, two, one, two, three, four!)
Until the minaret of circumstance brings us to our knees
And we’re praying to an emptiness that makes us feel complete