Story Behind The Song

After too many bad relationships that never work out I was looking for a concept to tie my ideas about my eperiences together. One day I saw a bumper sticker on the back of a van reading : These Colours Don't Run with an Aussie flag next to it, I thought to myself: yeah, these colours don't run, these colours just bleed, and so the concept was born!

Song Description

Rising above the hard times, getting back on your feet, not letting the other half of the relationship get the upper hand. Cutting loose, breaking free, washing the stains clean and becoming whole again after the ravages of a love has taken it's toll.

Lyrics

These Colours Just Bleed

Got another tear over here
Get the needle get the thread
I should have never followed you here
All your roads lead up to dead ends

Just forget about me now
I?ll find my own way back
I don?t need another friend
To pick up some long lost slack

These stains from my heart
I?m gonna wash them clean
These colours don?t ever run
These colours just bleed

Don?t come down in a few days for me
Maybe I would have found someone else
Well we?ll see
If you?re so much better
I thought you never would
Spend so much time
Being half as good

Just forget about this now
These fighting dogs and cats
I don?t need you anyhow
I can find my own tree
And scratch my own back

These stains from my heart
I?m gonna wash them clean
These colours don?t ever run
These colours just bleed
See baby I?m through and done
With this scene
These colours don?t ever run
These colours just bleed

You were going to shoot me
Down from your sky
Well my plane has already landed
So race off, get out of sight
I?m coming back to
See the generals all salute

These stains from my heart
I?m gonna wash them clean
These colours don?t ever run
These colours just bleed
See baby I?m through and done
With this scene
These colours don?t ever run
These colours just bleed