The One True Colour

Lyrics

[Verse 1: Rou Reynolds & Chris Batten] As one child is taught red on his mother's knee The one true colour A neighbor is taught blue on his mother's knee The one true colour [Bridge: Rou Reynolds & Chris Batten] With a fervour inherited It will be subsequently delivered Ignore the spectrum [Refrain: Rou Reynolds] Dear whom it may concern I feel as though I'm about to crash and burn I think I'm falling and there's no return But I've no idea to whom this may concern I'm looking out at all the stars and I learn There's no one up above to hear me yearn I'm on my own [Verse 2: Rou Reynolds & Chris Batten] In the arena of the endless unknown Do not stage theatre Do not stage theatre and call it truth And call it truth [Bridge: Rou Reynolds & Chris Batten] And when one child is taught red on his mother's knee It must be subsequently delivered With all of the spectrum [Refrain: Rou Reynolds] Dear whom it may concern I feel as though I'm about to crash and burn I think I'm falling and there's no return But I've no idea to whom this may concern I'm looking out at all the stars and I learn There's no one up above to hear me yearn I'm on my own [Interlude: Rou Reynolds] Someone has ripped the carpet from beneath my feet Someone upturned the furniture in my mind [Bridge: Rou Reynolds] But, oh, how rich the soil How wondrous the upheaval It's time to embark But, oh, how rich the soil How wondrous the upheaval It's time to embark [Pre-Chorus: Rou Reynolds, Rob Rolfe and Chris Batten] (But, oh, how rich the soil)To dissect is to broaden the adventure (How wondrous the upheaval) And enrich one's tenure So do not blunt the surgeon's knife (It's time to embark) (But, oh, how rich the soil)To dissect is to broaden the adventure (How wondrous the upheaval) And enrich one's tenure So do not blunt the surgeon's knife(It's time to embark) [Chorus: Rou Reynolds] But, oh, how rich the soil How wondrous the upheaval It's time to embark But, oh, how rich the soil How wondrous the upheaval It's time to embark [Post-Chorus] Oh, there's so much to explore There's so much to absorb And then the atoms that you borrowed They are returned to the cosmos There's so much to explore There's so much to absorb And then the atoms that you borrowed They are returned when you're...