"Colors"

"Colors" is a song by the American rock band Coheed and Cambria. It is the third track on their 2015 album The Color Before the Sun. A demo version of the song was released on The Color Before the Sun (Big Beige / 4th Street Demos) album and on the The Color Before the Sun: Deconstructed album.

Lyrics
I walk so tired, so opaque These words too many I can’t share our culture’s casualty Can’t see the forest from the trees We laughed at a time that came and went Colors boast from the east sky resting Over nostalgia we retract The now is ours but the then we can’t get back

[Chorus] And when the world comes crashing down Don’t make a move don’t make a sound Just watch it fall, watch it come down and feel it as it goes Does it feel good to let go?

[Verse 2] I lost myself along the way Restless nights mixed with purposeless days Counting forward, taking steps To a better man, the one you can live with

[Chorus] And when the world comes crashing down Don’t make a move don’t make a sound Just watch it fall, watch it come down and feel it as it goes Does it feel good to let go?

[Bridge] Full of color All she’s made of Melancholy waits to count her scars

[Chorus] And when the world comes crashing down Don’t make a move don’t make a sound Just watch it fall, watch it come down and feel it as it goes Does it feel good to let go?

Music Video
Directed by Ernie Falconer, the video was released on December 14, 2016. It features tour footage.



Background
Sanchez said, "Like I said earlier, I like to wake up super early. But doing that in this apartment, I just didn't know what to do with myself. So I'd end up leaving the apartment and walking around Prospect Park, which was just a couple of blocks away, until the sun came up. I was having this struggle, but I was sort of coming to a resolve and finding peace within myself as well. I was learning to accept all the colors and shades of who I am—whether it was me from 16 years old, or me now, at 37. It didn't matter, because it was all one and the same. The keys are really sparse and just one note, and to me they represent this coming together and solidarity of these two personas merging into one. I incorporated the piano to feel that resonance of this split becoming unified. And the chorus echoes the idea that when the world all comes crashing down, it feels good to just let go and allow things to take their course. That's the big theme of this record."