The Colour of the Confusion

I saw the billboard smiling

A plastic perfect face

Telling me my sadness

Didn't belong in this place

But outside the borders

Where the green grass turned to grey

The children built their sandcastles

And watched them float away

My mind is full of static

My boots are full of rain

I keep on turning backwards

To try and find the drain

Tell me, what is the color

Of the confusion

Is it the red of the warning

Or the blue of the illusion

I tried to buy a ticket

To the peaceful golden gate

But the keeper just laughed and said

Son, you've arrived too late

They built the towers tall now

To touch the velvet moon

But down here on the sidewalk

The bells don't ring till noon

They promised me a future

Clean and brightly wrapped

But when I checked the papers

The headlines had been trapped

I hear the soldiers marching

But their feet don't make a sound

Just a silent heavy rhythm

Underneath the broken ground

Tell me, what is the color

Of the confusion

Is it the red of the warning

Or the blue of the illusion

I tried to buy a ticket

To the peaceful golden gate

But the keeper just laughed and said

Son, you've arrived too late

Take it down there

Let the guitar talk to the heavens

Oooooooooh

Ooh

Ooh

Ooh

Take it down man

Let the guitar talk to the heavens

The color of the confusion

Mm