The Darkest Shade of Grey

Based on Portugal 1991 [live version]

Dawnlight kisses the Niagara Falls
Sunlight caresses me with its arms
Sunset! So quick did this day come to end

All to start the greatest journey that we had planned

But‐‐
I stand here on my own

Yes it’s marvellous beholding
This majestic holiday you designed

For me: See your Athabascan home
And begin our new tomorrow

That now cannot come to be

Tell me
Why could I not see‐‐
Why you needed to conceal‐‐

Inside you‐‐

The most darkest shade of grey

Unsaid
Are the vows that we both wrote

Unworn
Is a dress of lace in white

Mmm, timeworn?
So, was that the weight you felt?

Did I add to pressure on you? Was it my fault?

Hush‐‐
Thoughts cascading in my head

I must carry on regardless
Of this aching emptiness in my mind

For now, I shall say a last goodbye
And begin a new tomorrow
On my own yet not alone

That day‐‐
And the news I had to say‐‐
Your hands were colder than ice‐‐

Unheard whispers
I sing loud to you:

There’s a spark of you and me

Her Light shines from
Inside me‐‐

To brighten

The most darkest
shade of grey