[Music - P. Craddick, D. Ott / Lyrics - D. Ott]



The gray light of the morning, the blue-green of the sea

A leaf splashed with color, falling from a tree

The sparkle in a diamond, the fire of the sun

They all seemed much brighter, am I the only one

To see them slowly slip away

Something changes a little, day by day



Gazing at a rainbow, a brilliant vast array

Staggered by it's beauty, saddened by it's modest stay

Taken all for granted or innocence betrayed

A lesson in mortality, eventually, every color fades



The blush of a woman, the wamth of a touch

The novelty of love, feelings within my clutch

I try to savor but it doesn't taste the same

Senses numbed and jaded a little day by day



Gazing at a rainbow, a brilliant vast array

Staggered by it's beauty, saddened by it's modest stay

Taken all for granted or innocence betrayed

A lesson in mortality, eventually, every color...



..fades away slowly but surely as if it were the setting sun

A child comes of age, gains life experience

Time gathers innocence and trades it in for wisdom



Like walking through the snow its purity is stained

Like a shooting star across the sky never meant to remain...



Gazing at a rainbow, a brilliant vast array

Staggered by it's beauty, saddened by it's modest stay

Taken all for granted or innocence betrayed

A lesson in mortality, eventually, every color fades