The Classic Crime is a Seattle-based alternative rock band. They released t… Read Full Bio ↴The Classic Crime is a Seattle-based alternative rock band. They released their Tooth & Nail debut album, 'Albatross', in 2006. It marked the fastest first-week sales for a new artist in the history of T&N. The band members are Matt MacDonald (vocals), Justin DuQue (guitar), Robert "Cheeze" Negrin (guitar), Alan Clark (bass), and Paul "Skip" Erickson (drums).

While touring in support of their full-length album Albatross, the band created the Acoustic EP: Seattle Sessions, which was simply a compilation of songs they created while on the road.

Their next album, 'The Silver Cord', was released on July 22, 2008. With the album being based on the realities of life and death, it signals a move into an alternative genre for TCC. Exactly 5805 copies of 'The Silver Cord' were sold in the first week. 5805 is a significant number because it is a song title on the album and it is the address of the house where the band formed and began to break out.

In 2010, 'Vagabonds' was released.

Shades of Green
The Classic Crime Lyrics

Gave up God for lent this year
Stopped going to the church
Learned to fight within myself
The war beyond the words
Found a way to reconcile
Forget my fears and learn
The inner price of peace
From endless posturing and work

But here's the thing

I'm finding the truth I've always known
That it's a blink
You only get one shot, always go

I want different shades of green
Let the wilderness teach me something
Different shades of green
I want different shades of green
I want to imitate the mystery
Different shades
Different shades of green

The spirit is unbroken
Yeah, the potion's everywhere
And charting all the oceans hasn't hid me from it's stare
Classified as hopeless now they pity me with care
But the rising tide that sunk my ship left it beyond repair

But here's the thing
I'm finding the truth I've always known
That it's a blink
You only get one shot, always go

I want different shades of green
Let the wilderness teach me something
Different shades of green
I want different shades of green
I want to imitate the mystery
Different shades
Different shades of green

Oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh

I want different shades of green
Let the wilderness teach me something
Different shades of green
I want different shades of green
I want to imitate the mystery
Different shades
Different shades of green

Oh, woah
Oh, woah
Oh, woah
Oh, woah
Oh, woah
Oh, woah

Lyrics © O/B/O APRA AMCOS

Written by: Matt MacDonald, Paul Erickson, Alan Clark, Robert Negrin

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