Black and white (Black and white) Black and white (Black and white) Everything looks simple from far enough away A photograph catches one second… A headline trims the corners until everything fits A stranger walks past wearing yesterday on their face and somebody decides they already know the rest We like clean answers They stack better Take up less room Ask fewer questions Black and white (Black and white) Black and white (Black and white) That’s how it looks Black and white (Black and white) Black and white (Black and white) Until you get close enough to see the gray A door closes Maybe someone left Maybe the wind caught it Maybe nobody noticed A voice gets louder Maybe anger Maybe panic Maybe somebody trying too hard to be heard Same moment different choice different angle different fit around the edges Funny how certainty hits before the details do Black and white (Black and white) Black and white (Black and white) Easy from a distance Black and white (Black and white) Black and white (Black and white) Then the gray starts bleeding through We sort things into boxes keep discard right wrong As though a life ever lived inside an organizer Good choices carry bad consequences bad days hold decent moments someone can be certain and still be mistaken Sometimes the answer changes when you shift three feet to the left Sometimes nothing changed at all except what you finally noticed Black White This That Choose Name Move along But the muddle keeps getting bigger Black and white (Black and white) Black and white (Black and white) That’s how the picture starts Black and white (Black and white) Black and white (Black and white) Crisp enough to understand Then every edge gets smudged every answer gains another question and reality painted in gray Black and white (Black and white) Black and white (Black and white) Useful from far away Black and white (Black and white) Black and white (Black and white) Just don’t mistake the outline for everything inside From far away black and white Up close mostly gray
