Shades of Gray

I walked down the street, Hoping to sweep you off your feet. I climbed up the stair, Planning to brush back your hair. I strolled through the hall, Thinking that for me, you would fall. But I was wrong, Things don’t turn out that way. I was wrong, Life is colored in shades of gray.  I long for what I never knew, I wish for what we never had. What you had was a chance, But it blew right past your head. My love was what I had for you, Your love was all I knew from you. To me, your love just seemed so vain, To me, your hate was seething pain.   At the days end,  It feels like it never began, At the days end,  I’m running through the dark again. So at the end of the day,  all I see, Is that life is colored,  in shades of gray.