I play on the black keys

where i don't have to worry much

it's already hard enough

to write a song about this


some people try the white keys

but the thinking hurts my head

so i move back here instead

and it comes easier


and you'll know why

when you're the one who's on

the grieving end

you just wave goodbye

and you wonder if you'll ever

breathe again


that's why....i play on the black keys

when it already takes my best

to pretend that this big mess

isn't happening


yeah i play on the black keys

so that i can close my eyes

try to picture you beside me

singing harmony


and you'll know why

one day i will try and explain it all

but if you don't mind

i'd like some time to try and

play it off


if i ever thought it would come to this

the beating and the bleeding

then i....

in my every thought i cherished you

and i mean it, i mean it now

i should've tried to say it better, better...


that's why i.....


i play on the black keys