A Lack of Color

I think this song is about how men and women hurt each other in relationships, because of all the fiction they learn about each other through culture, through the media, through whatever.

And when I see you I really see you upside down But my brain knows better It picks you up and turns you around Turns you around Turns you around

he has to unlearn what he's learnt about her.

If you feel discouraged When there's a lack of color here Please don't worry lover It's really bursting at the seams Absorbing everything The spectrum's A to Z

she is worried that he doesnt love her. yet he cannot express it fully enough that she can trust him. yet he is bursting at the seams with love.

This is fact, not fiction For the first time in years

for the first time, he understands a relationship is something deep, and not about things like 'scoring as many hot chicks as possibe'

All the girls in every girlie magazine Can't make me feel any less alone

this is the most perfect example of the FICTION. how many men fantasize about some woman in a magazine, fashion or porn, and neglect their own girlfriends. yet does that woman that you pay to stare at give you ANYTHING real in life? NO. he now realizes how stupid all that crap is - this is fact not fiction.

I'm reaching for the phone To call at 7:03 And on your machine, I slur a plea For you to come home But I know it's too late I should have given you a reason to stay Given you a reason to stay Given you a reason to stay Given you a reason to stay

wow- this line is the real tear-jerker. he lived that FICTION, and he lost her. now she is gone. he never gave her a reason to stay. he took her for granted. he never SAID how much he loved her. but now she's gone.

This is fact, not fiction For the first time in years...

finally coming clean with himself, about all those wasted disillusioned years.