So many pretty colors - yellow, green, and blue
But if you ever picked one it might say too much about you
So you just keep changing, blowing with the wind
Won’t stay long enough to make the same mistake again

Leaving smiles and rose thorns behind
On this path of least resistance you designed

Blending in the background isn’t always gonna work
Someday you will stop running from what you think will hurt
The world outside might welcome you if you just let it in
Take off your coat of many colors, you’re no chameleon

You’re spending so much energy pretending that you’re strong
Still you’ve got yourself convinced you’ll always say or do it wrong
Emotions are a burden that you’re always trying to hide
When everyone around you probably feels the same inside

Blending in the background isn’t always gonna work
Someday you will stop running from what you think will hurt
The world outside might welcome you if you just let it in
Take off your coat of many colors, you’re no chameleon

Oh, blending in the background isn’t always gonna work
Someday you will stop running from what you think will hurt
The world outside might welcome you if you just let it in
Take off your coat of many colors, you’re no chameleon