Blue October "Chameleon Boy" lyrics

Chameleon Boy

I changed my color for you,I shed my coat with caution,I lack the beauty you display...See here there are the bruisesAnd some were self-inflictedAnd some showed up along the way.So I nod my head,I'm ready for the world to seeThe secret I kept here inside,The man you thought I'd be.Slip into coma calm,The coma where I calm myself down,Here comes excusesWhy I let you down.

[Chorus:]Stand by for another breakdown,Sound off the alarm.Is this the chameleon boyI swore I wouldn't become?Chameleon boyChameleon boy

So now we've come uponThe hardest thing I've ever done:It's telling you that I'm a mess.What sort of mess I meanIs self-destructive gasoline,The kind that strips you of your best.And while I play instead the wayThat most would end up dead,You sleep alone at home and wishThat I were in our bed...With this I'm telling youMy color changes back to blue.How do I ask you this...Will you help me through?

[Chorus x2]

I try to think of all the people I look up to,Or growing up who would I be.Now the twisted part:Where did all my idols end up?They've all passed awayPassed away...

Stand byIt's the chameleon boyStand byIt's the chameleon boy

Chameleon BoyI'm chameleon boyChameleon boyI'm chameleon boy