Delirious, sick and coughing phlegm
I made a trip to H and M
Bought a scratchy acrylic sweater
Now my week has gotten so much better
Rotten potatoes and sweatshirt skies
The shower curtains I really despise
Mushroom caps and Japanese paintings
Diet coke cans and Malaysian faintings
Please don't put me through the pain
I might just have to burst my vein
All these things I've had to say
Are colored mainly charcoal gray
Hurt me baby, say whatever
But I need that thirteen dollar sweater
Charcoal gray...
Charcoal gray...
The gargoyles on Notre Dame
The shade I turned when I met your mom
Her hair was blonde so I can't use her
But her brother's pants were pure pewter
My great-aunt-twice-removed's headstone
Your brand new Motorola phone
Remus Lupin from Harry Potter
The free range meat they had to slaughter
Please don't put me through the pain
I might just have to burst my vein
All these things I've had to say
Are colored mainly charcoal gray
Hurt me baby, say whatever
But I need that thirteen dollar sweater
Charcoal gray...
Charcoal gray...
Color the chalkboard
(Charcoal gray)
Paint the pine trees
(Charcoal gray)
Streak the beaches
(Charcoal gray)
Mix your drinks
(Charcoal gray)
Red and yellow, blue and green
Primary and secondary color machine
Ying and Yang, clubs and spades
Daoist rules say that these are shades
Please don't put me through the pain
I might just have to burst my vein
All these things I've had to say
Are colored mainly charcoal gray
Hurt me baby, say whatever
But I need that thirteen dollar sweater
Charcoal gray...
Charcoal gray...
Charcoal gray...
