don't paint your colors on me
when you're too blind to see
that there's so much more to me
than you'll likely understand
i'm more than just a shade of white
that creeps up on you late at night
and slowly disappears at light
to hide into the day
all the words you need to hear
fall silently on your dead ears
they fall away like wasted years
but i've said them just the same
i'm not tuned into color schemes
you live in lands of make-believe
where nothing is quite what it seems
and hatred's all around
if you choose to be my friend
you must do more than just pretend
you've got a mind that transcends
the pettiness of time
if you're big enough to look through
the labels here that have no proof
and know there are no absolutes ~
we are all the same.