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14 Shades Of Grey | paroles / lyrics

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album  : 14 Shades Of Grey
groupe : Staind
sortie   : 2003

+ paroles Staind

01- Price To Play
02- How About You
03- So Far Away
04- Yesterday
05- Fray
06- Zoe Jane
07- Fill Me Up
08- Layne
09- Falling Down
10- Reality
11- Tonight
12- Could It Be
13- Blow Away
14- Intro

Price To Play

we fail to see
how destructive we can be
Taking without giving back
til the damage can be seen
Can you see ? Can you see ?

Refrain:
the more you take, the more you blame
but everything still feels the same
the more you hurt, the more you strain
the price you pay to play the game
and all you seek, and all you gain
and all you step on with no shame
there are no rules, no one to blame
the price to play the game

apathy, the chosen way to be
blindly look the other way
while you waste away with me
can you see? Can you see?

Refrain

what you pay to play the game
what you pay to play the game
what you pay to play the game
what you pay to play the game

Refrain

what you pay to play the game
what you pay to play the game
what you pay to play the game
what you pay to play the game

How About You

if someone else showed you the way
would you take the wheel and steer?
it hurts me that you’re not ashamed
of what you’re doing here
if they jumped off a bridge
would you meet them on the ground ?
or would you try to claim
that it never made a sound

Refrain:
everyone plays the hand they’re dealt
and learn to walk through life themselves
not everything in life is handed on a plate
when people think your words are true
it doesn’t matter what you do
i sold my soul to get here, how bout you?

so you choose to force your hand
what a strange to make friends
and you always change the rules
so they drama never ends
and you blindly go through life
judging only by its worth
just try not to forget
that the meek inherit earth

Refrain

so please don’t take offense
this is just a point of view
cause i’m the only one who
will say these things to you

Refrain

So Far Away

this is my life, it’s not what it was before
all these feelings i’ve shared
these are my dreams, that i’d never lived before
somebody shake me, cause I must be sleeping

Refrain:
now that we’re here, it’s so far away
all the struggle we thought was in vain
all the mistakes, one life contained
they all finally start to go away
now that we’re here, it’s so far away
and i feel like i can face the day
I can forgive, and I’m not ashamed
to be the person that I am today

these are my words, that I’ve never said before
I think i’m doing okay
and this is a smile, I’ve never shown before
somebody shake me, cause I must be sleeping

Refrain

I’m so afraid of waking, please don’t shake me
afraid of waking, please don’t shake me

Refrain

Yesterday

you don’t know, what you’ve put me through
that’s ok, i’ve forgiven you
but in some way, hope it fucks with you
hope it fucks with you

Pré-Refrain:
that i’m okay and i’ve made it through
but who’s to say what you’re going through
i’ll say no names, though i’ve wanted to
isn’t it strange how it seems like

Refrain:
yesterday, a boy and already afraid
locked deep inside, my place to hide
to hide from how you made me feel
and i wonder, how’s your brother?
did he end up fucked up like me?
lost in himself, crying for help
it’s safe to say

i learned to live without a pride
just a shell, with me stuck inside
a prison, not a place to hide
not a place to hide


Pré-Refrain + Refrain

yesterday, a boy and already afraid
locked deep inside, my place to hide
to hide from how you made me feel
and i wonder, how’s your brother ?
did he finally pull through like me ?
finding himself, not needing help
I’d like to say

Fray

I know that it never goes away
all i feel, everything I’m not today
so i try and try to make everything right
I don’t feel like i’m doing it, it affects me

Refrain:
you wouldn’t listen even if i told you
who the fuck am i to say ?
you’re too busy with the lies they sold you
another cure to fix your day
open wide for all the shit they feed you
while the tv defecates
and the blindly walk wherever they will lead you
while the edges slowly fray

i know that everything can change
what I need is to open up again
so never again will I look back in vain
cause today’s not the past, I don’t need to relive

Refrain

are you satisfied ?
I’ve given all i can
and are you pacified ?
or do you want more from me ?

Refrain

I’ve learned that this life’s not just a game
just a line between the pleasures and pain

Refrain

Zoe Jane

well i want you to notice
to notice when i’m not around
i know that your eyes see straight through me
and speak to me without a sound

Refrain:
and i want to hold you
protect you from all the things i’ve already endured
and i want to show you
to show you all of the things that this life has in store for you
i’ll always love you
the way that a father should love his daughter

when i walked out this morning
i cried as i walked to the door
i cried about how long i’d be away for
i cried about leaving you all alone

Refrain

sweet Zoe Jane, sweet Zoe Jane

so i wanted to say this
cause i wouldn’t know where to begin
to explain to you what I have been through
to explain where your daddy has been

Refrain

sweet Zoe Jane, sweet Zoe Jane

Fill Me Up

i just had to let you know
cause i don’t always let it show
you give me needed room to grow
and i had to tell you so

Refrain:
you fill me up, you’re in my veins
a look could take my breath away
and all these things, you give away
sometimes i take for granted

it’s just like poetry inside
to hear you breathing by my side
like i’m in heaven and i’ve died
so glad you’re with me for this ride

Refrain

I see your face to start my day
makes all my bad dreams go away
and all the stupid games we play
I wouldn’t have it any other way

Refrain x2

Layne

i heard today, that you were gone
i had to stop, and sing along
the song they played, to say goodbye
a song that gave, gave me back life

Refrain:
you’ll never fade
the words you gave
my life you saved
your name was Layne

and on that day, a child was born
to someone who, you helped along
and helped see through, his darkest times
because of you, this child she is mine

Refrain

the words you said, you made me feel like they were all for me
the words you said, they will always be a part of me
the words you said, you made me feel like I was not alone
the words you said, you gave me all the strength to carry on

so to me you’ll never fade
your life you gave
my life you saved
your name was Layne

Falling Down

What’s happened to you ?
It’s obvious you’ve changed
something deep inside you
is probably to blame
must be lonely up there
with your head up in the clouds
even though you got there
what does your conscience tell you now ?

Refrain:
It’s never the same on the way down
how does it feel when your feet finally hit the ground ?
when all of your bridges aren’t around
and the sandcastles you built are falling down

You had us all
sitting right there in your hands
but you had to fall
because that how this life is
got your fingers burned
by burning candles at both ends
now the table’s turned
and now your demons are your friends

Refrain

So now I question what you’re gonna do
now that everything’s gone up with you
you believe the shit you say is true
but everybody’s on to you
life remembers everything you do
your karma has caught up with you

Refrain

Reality

the lights are on, but you’re not home
you’ve drifted off, somewhere alone
somewhere that’s safe, no questions here
a quiet place, where you hide from your fears

Refrain:
sometimes when you’re out of rope
the way to climb back up’s unclear
the walls you build around yourself
i guess they also keep you here
are you afraid of what they think?
whoever “they” happen to be
or are you hiding from
the scars of your own reality?

so you sedate, and drown in vain
you’ve got a pill, for every day
a suit and tie, to mask the truth
its ugly head is starting to show through

Refrain

the monster you’re feeding, your lack of perception
the things you will do to fulfill addictions
the light at the end of your tunnel is closing
what is it that you’re so afraid of exposing?
you’d give it all up for what’s there for the taking
whatever it takes to keep your hands from shaking
the same things you’re thinking, might make you feel better
the same things that probably got you here

Refrain

the monster you’re feeding, your lack of perception
the things you will do to fulfill addictions
the light at the end of your tunnel is closing
what is it that you’re so afraid of exposing?
you’d give it all up for what’s there for the taking
whatever it takes to keep your hands from shaking
the same things you’re thinking, might make you feel better
the same things that probably got you here

Tonight

just try to understand, this isn’t what i planned
this ride’s out of my hands
so now i’m forced to be, something i cannot be
if only i could make you see

Refrain:
tonight, i’m alive
I’ve watched you all grow up, and so have I
inside, this isn’t really what I had in mind

I no longer relate, to this world of hate
that’s forced upon my plate
i tend to disagree, I hope its not just me
if only I could make you see

Refrain x3

Could It Be

well i don’t know what to say
because there’s truth to what you say
i know it kills you i’m this way
there’s something different every day

Refrain:
could it be that, i never had a chance to grow inside?
could it be that, my habit is to find a place to hide?
could it be that, sometimes i say things just to disagree?
could it be that, i'm only being me?

not easy living in my mind
a little peace is hard to find
my every thought is undermined
by all the history inside

Refrain

i know i hear the words you said
over and over again
I just can’t get them through my head
there’s just too many voices
must be like living with the dead
waiting for me to begin
to do the things that I have said
and for this, I’m sorry

so there’s some truth to what you say

Refrain

Blow Away

live inside my head for just one day
i see myself and look away
the road is showing now on my face
soon i’ll disappear, i’ll disappear without a fuckin trace

Refrain:
faces that i’ve seen turn old and grey
i’ve lost too many friends along the way
memories i never thought would fade
they fade and blow away

i wish that i could disappear
unzip my skin and leave it here
so i could be no one again
and never let nobody, i’d let nobody, i’d let nobody in

Refrain

So now the walls are closing in
because in life you sink or swim
sometimes these shoes don’t feel right in my head
feel like a book that can’t be
a book that can’t be, a book that can’t be read

Refrain

Intro

thank you to the people in my life
for putting up with me
and thank you for the time you sacrificed
all on account of me

Refrain:
for all the times i didn’t say
the times i didn’t say
for all the times i didn’t say
the times i didn’t say

‘fuck you’ to the jaded and the fake
like to see what you would do
fuck you and the judgments that you make
we’re not all perfect just like you, like you, like you

Refrain

all the times I didn’t say, all the times I didn’t say
thank you to the people in my life for putting up with me