Gradient

Why does he have to see both sides? She said he's a gradient But how does he know to stay alive? If he's a gradient? How does he know to breathe the air? Or know if he's going anywhere? How does he know what not to do Unless he's afraid of it? Nobody there was scared of you Too much was made of it I'm not afraid of knowing fear But where are we gonna go from here? If you say We should talk about it Come what may We can live without it If you say We could talk about it Talk about it Out of a darker shade of blue He saw an alien Opened the door and off he flew Never was seen again Now you can say he's paranoid Some kind of way to stay employed If you say We should talk about it Come what may We can live without it If you say We could talk about it Talk about it