Shades of Blue

Teenage suicide is defiantly the message in this song. I think it's about understanding that you are not alone whenever you're feeling depressed. The chorus to me indicates this by: "With arms wide open The sky is always A thousand shades of blue Partly broken lost and lonley We're all just shades of you"

I believe that part is talking directly to the male in the song. "We're all just shades of you," is the message that though the boy is depressed and feels like he's the only one who feels this way, Angel is telling him that everyone gets down sometimes and it's normal. Suicide doesn't have to be the answer.

"He let the water run too deep Then he just slowly slipped on in And when he finds the nerve to breathe All they say is no one saw it coming

Hear the sirens The cops arriving A thousand shades of blue But it's hopeless no one noticed We're all just shades of you With arms wide open They found him floating A thousand shades of blue There's no escaping where he's going We're all just shades of you"

I don't believe this part is about literally drowning. I think it's about drowning in his sorrows. "He let the water run too deep," as in he allowed his depression to take over his life and mind. Then - "When he found the nerve to breathe," indicated he finally release all of his pain and killed himself. "All they say is nobody saw it coming," meaning even though his dad was in his chair, mom was in the kitchen, and nobody saw him raise his hand to be king, - those people were so close to him but never noticed his sadness. "They found him floating, a thousand shades of blue." - Whenever you die, your body becomes blue. I think that's what its about. It also made the world sad (and blue) so now everyone is "Shades of you," referring to the male.

Maybe my interruption is out there but that is what I get from the beautiful song.

I love this song so much! Its so sad though. :(

Very deep and dark song. Inspirational too, as crazy as that sounds. It took me a few listens to realize this song was about teenage suicide. Ashley said that this song was written as a memory that stuck with him; a friend in high school who committed suicide, and shocked everyone.

But it's hopeless no one noticed We're all just shades of you

Very sad, but true.

I thought this song was about a kid drowning himself, because no one noticed him.

He let the water run to deep Then he just slowly slipped on in And when he finds the nerve to breathe (gasp) All they say is no one saw it coming

Hear the sirens The cops arriving A thousand shades of blue But it's hopeless no one noticed We're all just shades of you With eyes wide open They found him floating A thousand shades of blue There's no escaping where he's going They're all just shades of you

I can really relate to this song. This song is so sad. The "thousand shades of blue" symbolizes the many "shades" of sadness in everybody. The blue can all so symbolize the water. When he slowly slipped into the water can symbolize how he was slowly pushed to suicide. Things like this happen nearly everyday around the world. it is a very true but very sad facts among the world.