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Two neighbors put up fences to keep each other out. Then a storm gives them a reason to cross the line. In “Shades of Gray,” Gloria Travers & The North Street Band explore what can happen when we get curious about the people we’ve been so sure we disagree with.
Shades Of Gray
Verse 1
They told me life was simple,
A battle of wrong and right.
Pick your side and shout it loud,
Stand and join the fight.
But the more I looked around me,
The more I came to see—
Most of life ain't black or white,
It’s somewhere in between.
Chorus
So I’m learning to walk in the middle,
To sit with what I can’t explain.
Trading the sword for a question,
Dancing in the shades of gray.
Verse 2
I used to think the other side
Was lost beyond repair.
Till I heard their stories,
And found my own in there.
Now every heart’s a puzzle,
Every mind a twist of clay.
You can’t paint a soul in black and white—
We’re all some shade of gray.
[Chorus]
So I’m learning to walk in the middle,
To sit with what I can’t explain.
Trading the sword for a question,
Dancing in the shades of gray.
[Bridge]
A little bit of kindness,
A little bit of doubt.
A little bit of silence
When the easy answer shouts.
[Final Chorus]
I’m learning to walk in the middle,
To sit with what I can’t explain.
Trading the sword for a question,
Dancing in the shades of gray.
Yes, I’m dancing in the shades of gray.
