lately all i see are shoes
on everybody's feats
filled with guesses that took years to prove
still not enough to fill the seats
the sheets are turned down low
just like the lights
and as my toes curl up to feel the silence
i nod away to sleep

i walk out the door
to explore
and i will go barefoot for you
some people always got the blues
but now i know what green is
i am well aware of many different hues
so...thank you

daily i eat less and less
let's bring it down to skin and bone
so i look inside myself
and see who's in my throne
cause i don't know where i went
but maybe this little queenie does
she shrugs
because i know that she won't tell me
and she knows that i know
but we can follow her to us
we'll tiptoe
we'll be barefoot.

we'll be barefoot
feet exposed, feet exposed
stone to toe and now we know
bone and skin and what we live in
feet exposed
stone to toe and now we know.

lately all i see are shoes
and all i hear is steady sound
people dreading where they're going
we're all staring at the ground
the wind will build up slow
rip you up and then we show
the tears we hide from losing everything we know

i walk out the door
to explore
and i go barefoot for you
it seems everybody else has got the blues
and now i know what green is
i am well aware of many different hues
though i have no clue what they are to you.