Purple Sky

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I had heard "Waiting Outside the Lines" by Greyson Chance and knew it was something special.

I got his CD, Hold On 'Til The Night by download, when it came out, and somehow got it through both iTunes and Amazon MP3. The two have a different bonus track. One has "Purple Sky." I hadn't heard the track until tonight. I wasn't paying full attention until I realized the significance of the names at the end, and then I had to listen again.

Folks, he has written songs that are sympathetic, understanding of the plight of gay, lesbian, and bisexual people, fellow teenagers like him. He has alluded to girlfriends in his songs too. It isn't really any of our business to speculate, but I think we can say he's friendly rather than unfriendly. Or at least we can say he cares and has put thought into things. He writes his own tracks.

Yes, he's really working it in interviews and publicity ads, but to me, that shows he's trying hard, working at it...and probably nervous at the sudden fame and trying to do a good job.

I just hope that he is as passionate in ten or twenty years as he is now.

Here are the lyrics to "Purple Sky."

Edit: And here's a YouTube link:

Artist: "Greyson Chance";

Song: "Purple Sky";

Disc: "Hold On 'Til The Night";

Purple skies and violet rainbows

And all the angels passing by

With their words they try to break you

But they can't shake you with all their lies

Another day we will survive

Another day is worth the fight

Today we will rise

We will walk the rainbows and take over the sky

Don't let them change you

No

'Cause you are beautiful just like the purple sky

Black mirrors with no reflection

Broken hearts and rejection

Record times make the sound that call the angels homeward bound

[ Lyrics from: http://www.lyricsmod...purple_sky.html ]

Another day we will survive

Another day is worth the fight

Today we will rise

We will walk the rainbows and take over the sky

Don't let them change you

No

'Cause you are beautiful just like the purple sky

These are the words and these are the choices

We are the children, we are the voices

This is our life and these are the questions

This is the time we're being tested

These are the words and these are the choices

We are the children, we are the voices

This is our life and these are the questions

This is the time we're being tested

Oh

Don't let them change you

Oh

'Cause you are beautiful just like the purple sky

Oh

You are beautiful

Tyler and Phoebe

Eric and Billy

We remember

Megan and Raymond

Seth and Justin

We remember

April and Brandon

Matthew and Jared

You're beautiful

Meredith and Jeffery

Zack and Asher

We remember 'cause you're beautiful

Just like the purple sky

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Lovely... been following Greyson now for almost two years. He may well be an Angel!

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One of the comments to the YouTube video pointed out that for the HRC performance, Greyson added Jamie's name. It is nice to know he has such a big heart.

He's a big fan of Lady Gaga, and got a big break thanks to Ellen Degeneres. And he has a heckuva lot of talent eager to make his own mark. Consider that this is all in the last couple of years. He's probably stunned at how fast it's going.

That CD doesn't have a bad track on it, which is also remarkable. I noticed when I checked Wiki to see if there was info about the song above, that the various bonus tracks are almost enough for an album themselves. That bodes well for the future. There are a few people whose music or writing I like enough that I'll get their work just because it's them, because I know it'll be that good. He's now one of those people.

I have a feeling that we'll still be hearing him those ten or twenty years from now. Good stuff. Very awesome.