Lost Colors

Polished out and faded to gray
Color comes and goes and ebbs and flows
A little less vivid each time

Wound away some time
Lookin' in your eyes
Smiled at every smile
It seemed a loss
Seemed a loss

An orange glow grows on all day
Some blues and browns with ups and downs
It may just be a game

Coiled up and cold
Risked it and sweated it
I shed another cell
Both ends burnin' well
Burnin' well

The colors came through not blind but true
Then did a fade as the music played

Rode out the hour
Watchin' for anything
Not really believin'
It seemed a loss