Grey
A/J Lyrics
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You take the easy road
Try and run away
Thought we've been through this all before
Time and time again
Don't you think it's getting old?
Especially when you know you're meant to merge with the cycle
There's something in you still attached to
I'll hold the space for you and me
It can't be like it used to be
Remember when you wake
Most times it feels realer than a dream
Sometimes I feel like the sweetest moments are so far away
Till I remember when the dream I dream gets the best of me
I'll hold the place for you and me to discover
A dream within a dream
Stuck in the grey matter
Stuck in the grey matter
Stuck in the grey matter
Stuck in the grey matter
In A/J's song Grey, the singer is addressing someone who seems to have given up and taken the easy road by running away from their problems. The singer points out that they've been through this before and it's getting tiresome. However, the singer acknowledges that there's something in the person that's still attached to the situation and they can't let go. The singer promises to hold a space for both of them, but it can't be like it used to be. The person needs to remember that most of the time, their reality feels more real than their dreams. The sweetest moments may seem far away, but they can be reached. The singer will hold the space for both of them to discover a dream within a dream.
The song talks about being stuck in the grey matter, which could imply being stuck in a state of indecision or confusion. The singer is urging the person to move past this state and to pursue their dreams, even if they seem far away. The song's lyrics are metaphorical, but they can be interpreted as encouraging the listener to keep moving forward and not to give up, even when things seem hopeless. The singer offers reassurance that they will be there to support them in their journey.
Line by Line Meaning
You think it's over
You believe that it's finished
You take the easy road
You choose the simplest path
Try and run away
Attempt to escape
Thought we've been through this all before
We've gone through this multiple times before
Time and time again
Repeatedly
Don't you think it's getting old?
Isn't it becoming tiresome?
Especially when you know you're meant to merge with the cycle
Particularly knowing that you're meant to combine with the flow
There's something in you still attached to
There's still an attachment within you
You ain't letting go no no no no no no
You aren't releasing it
I'll hold the space for you and me
I'll maintain an opening for us
It can't be like it used to be
It can't be the way it was before
Remember when you wake
Recall when you arise
Most times it feels realer than a dream
It frequently appears more genuine than a dream
Sometimes I feel like the sweetest moments are so far away
At times, I feel as though the nicest moments are distant
Till I remember when the dream I dream gets the best of me
Until I recall when the dream I envision overwhelms me
I'll hold the place for you and me to discover
I'll reserve a spot for us to reveal
A dream within a dream
A dream inside a dream
Stuck in the grey matter
Trapped in the ambiguous thoughts and emotions
Stuck in the grey matter
Trapped in the ambiguous thoughts and emotions
Stuck in the grey matter
Trapped in the ambiguous thoughts and emotions
Stuck in the grey matter
Trapped in the ambiguous thoughts and emotions
Lyrics © DistroKid
Written by: C.J. Robertson
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
@johnnyfishbone6981
Where did my soul go? Where did my spirit hide?
I just found this song and video. I’m sitting here in my secret place worshiping Jesus. I live in Alaska and the Kenai River is the place I occasionally go to listen for His voice. What a God-incidence!!
I drank my earlier life away. As a Chronic alcoholic I suffered incomprehensible demoralization over a period of 20 years. There is only one thing worse then being a chronic alcoholic and that’s being a proud chronic alcoholic. I had a lot of early blessings bestowed upon me before I gave it all back. Those blessings and my successes gave me a false sense of pride that absolutely made it impossible for me to take a good honest look at myself.
The people I hurt , the lies I told, the things I stole and the insane behavior I publicly displayed led me to a spot where I didn’t necessarily want to kill myself, but I did not want to live anymore. No hope. Bankrupt spiritually, emotionally and physically. Over 100 detoxes. 12 treatment centers. Psychiatric wards. My high school sweetheart and wife took our 2 beautiful children and left. Friends stopped coming by to see if I was ok. Family members were disgusted with me. The end of me had arrived. Doctors were afraid I was starting to show symptoms of wet-brain because of my behaviors.
Then one day I woke up in my own vomit and feces and decided to cry out to God one more time. I had always believed in God but never really developed a relationship with him. I guess it was more out of fear of going to hell then anything else. I had no idea how much more He was offering us. I cried out “God if your listening could we end my miserable life right now OR if it’s possible help me to find the strength to overcome this? I then simply fell back down and passed out. The effects of drinking 2 half gallons of vodka nearly every day for over a year had taken its toll on my body.
When I awoke I was in a very very bright room. Something was different. I wasn’t feeling sick. I wasn’t shaking. I didn’t feel nauseous. I didn’t have a headache. My heartburn had disappeared. I FELT GOOD!! It had been so long since I felt normal I had forgotten what it was supposed to feel like!! I was lying on a hospital bed. Then I simply said out loud….”God? Am I dead?” I heard an instant reply “NO.” I then said “What should I do?” The audible answer came back…..
“Do the next right thing John.” Do the next right thing? The next thing I remember is passing out and then waking again back in my house and lying in vomit and feces again. I stood up and repeated what I heard. “Do the next right thing.”
I found the energy to stand up. The next right thing? I hadn’t done anything right in years. After some thinking I decided the next right thing to do would be my laundry. I hadn’t done it in weeks and it was pretty bad. Then I decided to pick up my house. There was broken glass and garbage everywhere. Then I took a shower. I shaved. The next right thing….that was 14 years ago. I have never had another craving for alcohol since that day. My mind was instantly transformed by the blood of Jesus. It was 100 percent, no doubt about it…a miracle. A gift given to me by God. A gift, that to this day, I am so very thankful for.
Since then my life’s journey has taken a 180 degree turn. I started to see things in color and not black and white. I felt feelings other then anger and despair. I started to awaken earlier and couldn’t wait to start my day because my life had become so darn fun. I met an absolutely amazing gorgeous Godly woman who has shown me what walking out and developing a relationship with Jesus looks like. My relationship with my 2 children became solid again. The joy they bring me is indescribable! My wife has 4 amazing daughters that bring me great joy in all they are and do. I became a Papa and love love love my grandkids so very much. What an amazing life God has blessed me with. I have to say, I certainly do not deserve it. MY best thinking and MY best attempts at life led me down a very very dark road. It wasn’t until I decided that “I can’t, He can, I think I’ll let Him” happened that any “recovery” began to happen!!!
Don’t get me wrong…life is still hard. Pandemic, viruses, masks, Russia, China, false news, one world orders, etc. etc. yes, life has its difficulties. BUT the difference in my life now is that I have HOPE!!! And besides….if God is for me, who could be against me?
Thank you for this song. It brought me another part of healing my heart needed. I love music for that reason right there.
May God bless you all. If you’ve read this and your still struggling with something feel free to reach out. I’d love to share more of how my relationship with Jesus has transformed this drunks life and hear your story!
@motaan2056
This song hits home .Brings to my heart The thoughts of My frist born .
My son
and his Dad
This is thear song
I hope and pray the River become Jesus Crist
The living water.
He's the river that runs through every vain
And can save all who ask .
God bless them both
With this song may it bring to them
Joy to thear mind
peace in there souls
and Love in thear hearts .
@dougg5707
Everyone who chooses to use a drug for the first time does it for the very same reason. To feel something good. It makes no difference if they have a reason to feel bad most people don't use the first time to simply remedy a bad feeling. Everyone wants to feel something good no matter how good they feel already! The first time anyone uses is always the idea that it'll make them feel something really good, from an outside source that's felt instantly. In most cases it works. It does exactly what they expected it to do and often a whole lot better.
When the effect is gone, the desire to feel it again is why they use again. They know it worked the first time and what's wrong with feeling good? Our culture tells us what's wrong with it. But it goes well beyond that and it tells us we should feel bad. It tells us we are weak, and irresponsible. It locks us up like killers and thieves. It's tells us and tells our children that anyone who uses drugs just once is a criminal. A loser. A damaged person who will never have a good job or be a good parent or go to college or be trusted if they've used drugs even ONCE.
What keeps anyone from using it again if it not only feels really good, you're already doomed anyway and that's a bad feeling the drugs will take away!
It's called a disease and it is, but it's not a social disease that makes you a loser for life. So many young people believe that, and have no reason to say no after the very first time.
Chasing that feeling produced the first time combined with the idea that your branded forever is a very powerful feeling. Like nothing else.
But the reason people do it changes and they don't pay attention to that change because it doesn't matter. The drug will feel good.
But it doesn't feel the same. It stops feeling good and just keeps you from feeling bad.
And it gets worse Every time you don't use, and every time you do you adapt physically and mentally to expect it to.
Your body suffers the toxic effect and the change in diet, activity and how you heal.
Its more bad to fix. The drug will fix it. Addiction is the inability to say no, to something you believe feels good, but is only keeping you from feeling the bad you hadn't felt the first time you used it. Addiction is your body telling your brain that even the risk of death doesn't matter, you'd rather die than feel what you feel without the drug. And even when you know it's the drug that's making you feel that way, you know it's the only thing that will make you NOT feel that way right NOW.
I hope this helps you understand how powerful the addiction is. It's a fact that it's NOT a social disease that goes away the moment you decide not to use. It's a physical disease and it's called disease because biologists found a chemical difference in people who are addicts and alcoholics and people who are not. Then they found the same chemical difference in people who have never used or drank in their lifetime. This is the first component of disease. The second component is the impact of the action. The disease has no impact if no drugs or alcohol is used. When either is used the disease presents the symptomatic stage, the toxic impact on the body and mind. It gets worse and worse until it kills you. And it will. It does, and that's the only "cure" for the disease. The only other way to prevent the onset and symptoms and death is to take the drug away from the addict or the addict away from the drug.
Or treat them medically and mentally and support the withdrawals with medicine and food. Change the behaviors that caused the use. Offer ongoing support to continue avoiding the symptomatic agent of the deadly disease with only one cure.
Death.
I hope your mom is clean. Forgive her if she is and tell her you understand why it happened and why it was so hard to say no and stop. Tell her you know things about addiction and alcohol that most kids your age don't, and you have good reasons not to use. Let your mom know it's what you learned after she stopped. And seeing her pain and struggle and understanding it now that you don't want to feel that way. Tell her she's a strong brave woman for getting through it. And you're proud and happy that she doesn't live in that hell anymore.
And if she hasn't quit yet, tell her those are all the things you WANT to say to her. Before you can't, when the drugs cure the disease.
And tell her there are other addicts who don't have loving children like she does, who've somehow gotten through it and lived.
People like me.
When it's all added up and mixed in together, I guess you can say I did it for you. If your mom is gone in whatever way that word applies, I'm sorry.
Don't test the waters you know will pull you under. But if you screw up and use once, remember this. The next time you use could kill you. Every time you use COULD kill you. Until it does kill you. Because it will. Could is a fools word.
Would you keep geting on a plane you know WILL kill you?
"Could" means nothing to anyone until it does.
Don't let "could" tempt you no matter how many times it didn't. You know two things for sure. It will if you use. It won't if you don't. And more often than not, a child of an addict or alcoholic is an addict or alcoholic.
China has had drugs and alcohol in their culture for 3000 years. Yet less than 1% of the population is an addict or alcoholic.
Native Americans first had alcohol and drugs 200 years ago when european settlers arrived. But it's estimated that 89% have the disease active or inactive.
What's that mean?
China proves the disease will kill everyone who has it before it goes away.
It's close.
Natives not so close.
If 89% of the native population dies, the culture would disappear.
Peace.
@nataliepalmer6724
I heard this for the first time a few weeks ago & just cried. I hear it on repeat daily. Memories flooding my mind. Oh how badly I wish I could go back to change everything and have my family back. I felt every single word to this song. How I work 7 days a week for months straight and numbing myself so I can try to not to feel this shattered heart of mine. Everyone sees how I'm wasting away and yet they still keep just taking & taking from me but none will even give me what I need so badly before my time is over. The only thing that I need & want so badly is for my lil family to know just how much I love them, I wish to hug them, to hold them in my arms, to see their smiles once more, to hear their laughter, dancing in the kitchen while cooking dinner together, watching movies together while cuddled up together, to have them call me and say hi, we love you. I give anything. I pray, beg, & plea to God for one more day.
While I face my cold alone
Guess I've been drinking away
To keep the wolves of my mind at bay
But if you run
You die
I'm just to tired to care
Where did my soul go?
Where did my spirit hide?
Why won't they rescue me
From the pain of the mind
@shannonfields493
This song has touched me so deeply I cry every time I hear it ...you see I'm homeless and I live on the truck river.. it was me and my mom .. got evicted be cause of the covid ... she had a stroke because of it... she was an officer's wife my dad passed away sometime back three-time tour Vietnam vet you didn't deserve to be homeless so if it's okay I'd like to dedicate that song to her I love you Mom and I miss you very much
@laurakupisz4673
The older I get, the more I lose. Lost my mom(my BEST FRIEND) 3 years ago. Right or wrong she was the ONLY ONE who ALWAYS had my back. I took am now homeless. Counting on the kindness of others. This world will bring you to your knees baby. I heard a saying once... God didn't say it was gonna be easy, He said it was gonna be worth it. But how can that be when you don't have the strength to get on your feet again to claw your way to the happiness , especially when you can't even see it ahead ? Is it ? Is it "worth it" ? I've been living in this hell with no way out for 3 years now. I'd GLADLY trade my life for someone who wants it. No need to take a # I'm sure. Try and hang in there as long as you can. Maybe you will make a difference in someone's life and it will be " worth it". I'll be praying for you. ❤️🙏
@patriciataber7097
.I'm don't let them lock me away imsgaking
@patriciataber7097
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I miss him so bad
@douglasraddi
@@laurakupisz4673 I know what your saying. How is it worth it in the end, when you can't see the light? I too am homeless because of drugs and alcohol. The most important thing I lost is myself. I'm living with family and the shelter but it gets hard, hard on my family because they want the best for me. I can't see the light at the end of the tunnel right now. I'm struggling with keeping my head. Praying used to help now, nothing. Everything is dark. I'll say a prayer for you and for everyone who is struggling. Stay young and live free my friends
@lisafryslie2574
Your mom wants you to live!! And understand she loves you!!! She carried you. That wasn’t easy!!! Live and feel her LOVE
@edwardutter6975
I lived this,and now I am walking a much better divine path. But only by GODs grace. The river is my way.
@crystalsmith6514
Amen
@angeliaray6770
Ditto❤
@meshellmyhell9421
Jesus loves me, God loves you all. Thy kingdom come, it will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Lord have mercy on our souls 🙏