I see a red door and I want it painted black
No colors anymore I want them to turn black
I see the girls walk by dressed in their summer clothes
I have to turn my head until my darkness goes
I see a line of cars and they're all painted black
With flowers and my love, both never to come back
I see people turn their heads and quickly look away
Like a newborn baby it just happens ev'ryday
I look inside myself and see my heart is black
I see my red door and it has been painted black
Maybe then I'll fade away and not have to face the facts
It's not easy facing up when your whole world is black
No more will my green sea go turn a deeper blue
I could not forsee this thing happening to you
If I look hard enough into the setting sun
My love will laugh with me before the morning comes
I see a red door and I want it painted black
No colors anymore I want them to turn black
I see the girls walk by dressed in their summer clothes
I have to turn my head until my darkness goes
Hmm, hmm, hmm...
I wanna see it painted black, painted black
Black as night, black as coal
I wanna see the sun, blotted out from the sky
I wanna see it painted, painted, painted, painted black
Yeah
I see a red door
And I want it painted black
No colors anymore
I want them to turn black
I see the girls walk by
Dressed in their summer clothes
I have to turn my head
Until my darkness goes
I see a line of cars
And they're all painted black
With flowers and my love
Both never to come back
I see them turn their heads
Quickly look away
Like a newborn baby
It just happens every day
I look inside my self
See my heart is back
I see my red door
And I want it painted black
Maybe then I'll fade away
And not have to face the facts
It's not easy facing up
When your whole world is black
No more will my green sea
Go turn a deeper blue
I could not foresee
This thing happening to you.
If I look hard enough
Into the setting sun,
My love will laugh with me
Before the morning comes
I see a red door and I want it painted black
No colours anymore, I want them to turn black
I see the girls walk by dressed in their summer clothes
I have to turn my head until my darkness goes
I see a line of cars and they're all painted black
With flowers and my love, both never to come back
I see people turn their heads and quickly look away
Like a newborn baby it just happens ev'ryday
I look inside myself and see my heart is black
I see my red door and I must have it painted black
Maybe then I'll fade away and not have to face the facts
It's not easy facing up when your whole world is black
No more will my green sea go turn a deeper blue
I could not forsee this thing happening to you
If I look hard enough into the setting sun
My love will laugh with me before the morning comes
I see a red door and I want it painted black
No colours anymore I want them to turn back
I see the girls walk by dressed in their summer clothes
I have to turn my head until my darkness goes
I wanna see your face painted black, black as night, black as coal
Don't wanna see the sun, flying high in the sky
I wanna see it painted, painted, painted, painted black, yea
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[Music & Lyrics by M.Jagger and K.Richard]
[orig. by Rolling Stones]
I see your red door and I want to paint it black
No colors anymore, I want them to turn black
I see the girls walk by dressed in their summer clothes
I have to turn my head until my darkness goes
I see a line of cars and they're all painted black
With flowers and my love, both never to come back
I see people turn their heads and quickly look away
Never see the sight of me that changes every day
I want you to paint it, paint it, paint it, paint it black
Yeah, paint it, paint it, paint it, paint it black, yeah
I want you to paint it, paint it, paint it, paint it black, yeah
No more will my dreams' eagle turn a deeper blue
(Handcuffed, handcuffed)
I could not foresee this thing happening to you
If I look hard enough into the setting sun
My love will laugh with me before the morning comes
I look inside myself and see my heart is black
I see my red door and it has been painted black
(Painted black)
Paint it, paint it, paint it, paint it black, yeah
(Painted black)
Paint it, paint it, paint it, paint it black, yeah
(Painted black)
Paint it, paint it, paint it, paint it black, yeah
(Painted black)
Paint it, paint it, paint it, paint it black as night, black as tar
(Painted black)
Wanna see the sun turnin' outside
(Painted black, painted black)
Hmm, aahhhh
I see a red door and I want to paint it black
No colors in my life, you better turn them black
I see people walking by, dressed in their colorful clothes
I see them strolling by, my happiness just flows
No more will my grey sea turn a deeper blue
I cannot foresee this thing happening to you
I see people walking by dressed their summer clothes
I see them strolling by, my happiness flows
Turn it black
Yeah yeah yeah yeah
I said I know baby
Everything is black I know
Since you been gone
Eveything is black before my eyes
Baby eh
Everything is black I know
Turn to me
And help me see again baby
Help me walk once more
And help me talk again, walk again
Stand up like a man baby
Since you been gone, gone
There is no color in my life baby
Its turning so very very bone-black
Humph, I walk down the street
And I see a line of cars
Maybe blue, maybe brown, maybe green
But their turning black
Before my very eyes
And you could not know
What its like when your whole world is black
When everything you see and touch
Turns so very very black hmm
Oh baby now
I need you by my side
Bring some color into my life
Once again
I even tripped down and fell
Didn't see no colors anymore baby
Bad, bad scene
And I have to tell you baby
No more will my grey sea go turn a deeper blue
I cannot foresee this thing ever happening to you
I see people walking by me
They're all going in different directions
I see them strolling by and my heart splinters like a flame
Turning black baby
Turning black I know
Everything
Since you've been gone is turning black, turning black, turning black, turning black, turning black
Yeah yeah yeah yeah, baby
Oh lord, oh babe, whoa lord, help me see again, baby
Help me walk, talk, walk stand up like a man I know
Need you standing by my side
Because I'm blind and I cannot see
Color blind
I'm color blind
Paint everything so black
Go ahead and paint it black baby
Everything is black black, black, its turning black I know
I see a red door and I want it painted black
No colours anymore, I want them to turn black
I see the girls go by dressed in their summer clothes
I have to turn my head until my darkness goes
Oooh yeah
I see a line of cars and they're all painted black
With flowers and my love, both never to come back
I see people turn their heads and quickly look away
Like a newborn baby, it just happens everyday
I look inside myself and see my heart is black
I see my red door and I want it painted black
Maybe then I'll fade away and not have to face the facts
It's not easy facing up when your whole world is black
No more will my green sea go turn a deeper blue
I could not foresee this thing happening to you
If I looked hard enough into the setting sun
My love would laugh at me before the morning comes
Oooh yeah
-Verse 1-
Paint it, paint it, paint it, paint it black
Paint it, paint it, paint it, paint it black
I see a red door and I want it painted black
No colors anymore I want them to turn black
I see the girls walk by dressed in their summer clothes
I have to turn my head until my darkness goes
I see a line of cars and they're all painted black
With flowers and my love both never to come back
I see people turn their heads and quickly look away
Like a new born baby it just happens ev'ry day
I look inside myself and see my heart is black
I see my red door and it has been painted black
Maybe then I'll fade away and not have to face the facts
It's not easy facin' up when your whole world is black
No more will my green sea go turn a deeper blue
I could not foresee this thing happening to you
If I look hard enough into the settin' sun
My love will laugh with me before the mornin' comes
I see a red door and I want it painted black
No colors anymore I want them to turn black
I see the girls walk by dressed in their summer clothes
I have to turn my head until my darkness goes
Hmm, hmm, hmm,...
I wanna see it painted, painted black
Black as night, black as coal
I wanna see the sun blotted out from the sky
I wanna see it painted, painted, painted, painted black
Everytime We Meet In The Street By Chance
My Doubts Deepened
That Strange Guy Who Appears Everywhere I Go
Because I'm Always Doing Something Dangerous
So No Matter What I Do He Worries Me
Love Trap
Being Loved And Confused
To The Point Where I Couldn't Move
Carried Along By Something That Seemed To Guard My Steps
I Was Caught
I Was Caught In A Sweet Trap
And My Situation Has Become Serious
A Sweet Trap I'm Not Just Calm
I Can't Be Called Shallow Or Young
Everytime You Lose Your Temper To Me
It Draws Us Closer Together
Don't Make Such A Suddenly Serious Face
I Was Confused By That Clever Trap Of Yours
It's A Futile Resistance
Love Trap
Did I Underestimate That Young Smile
You Aimed For The Chink In My Armor
Because Of It's Twinkling Your Eye
Pushed Me Into It's Depths
Your Chains Have Become Comfortable
I'm Embraced By Both Your Hands
I Want To Shine Like A Firefly
I Was Caught In A Sweet Trap
And My Situation Has Become Serious
I've Only Beome The Prisoner Of A Sweet Trap
Sweet Faint That Gentle Light
I Was Caught In A Sweet Trap
And My Situation Has Become Serious
A Sweet Trap You Won't Say It Seriously
Let's Confess The Whole Truth To Each Other
I See A Red Door And I Wanna Paint It Black
I see a red door, and I want it painted black,
No colors anymore, I want them to turn black,
I see the girls walk by dressed in their summer clothes,
I have to turn my head until my darkness goes.
I see a line of cars, and they're all painted black,
With flowers and my love, both never to turn back,
I see people turn their heads and quickly look away,
Like a newborn baby it just happens every day.
I look inside myself and see my heart is black,
I see my red door and must have it painted black,
Maybe then I'll fade away and not have to face the facts,
It's not easy facing up when your whole world is black.
No more will my green sea go turn a deeper blue,
I could not foresee this thing happening to you.
I want it black, as black as night,
As black as coal, as black as death,
I wanna see the sun blotted out in the sky.
I want it painted painted painted, painted black, yeah.
I want it black, black as coal,
As black as ice, as black as death,
I wanna see the sun, blotted out in the sky...
I see a red door and I want it painted black,
no colors anymore, I want them to turn black.
I see the girls walk by dressed in these summer clothes,
I have to turn my head until my darkness goes.
I see a line of cars and they're all painted black,
with flowers and my love both never to come back.
I see people turn their heads and quickly look away,
like a new born baby, it just happens every day.
I look inside myself and see my heart is black,
I see my red door and it has been painted black.
Maybe I'll just fade away and not have to face the facts,
no, it's not easy facin up when your world is black.
No more will my green sea go turn a deeper blue,
I could not foresee this thing happening to you.
If I look hard enough into the settin' sun,
my love will laugh with me before the morning comes.
Hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm..
Hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm..
I wanna see it painted, painted black.
Black as night, black as coal,
I wanna see the sun blotted from the sky,
I wanna see it painted, painted, painted, painted black.
Black as night, black as coal,
I wanna see the sun blotted from the sky,
I see a red door and I want it painted black
No colors anymore I want them to turn black
I see the girls walk by dressed in their summer clothes
I have to turn my head until my darkness goes
I see a line of cars and they're all painted black
With flowers and my love both never to come back
I see people turn their heads and quickly look away
Like a new born baby it just happens every day
I look inside myself and see my heart is black
I see my red door and it has been painted black
Maybe then I'll fade away and not have to face the facts
It's not easy facin' up when your whole world is black
No more will my green sea go turn a deeper blue
I could not foresee this thing happening to you
If I look hard enough into the settin' sun
My love will laugh with me before the mornin' comes
Hmm, hmm, hmm,...
I wanna see it painted, painted black
Black as night, black as coal
I wanna see the sun blotted out from the sky
I wanna see it painted, painted, painted, painted black
i see a red door and i want it painted black no colors anymore i want them to turn black i see the girls walk by dressed in their summer clothes i have to turn my head until my darkness goes i see a line of cars and they're all painted black with flowers and my love both never to come back i see them turn their heads quickly look away like a newborn baby it just happens every day i look inside my self see my heart is back i see my red door and I want it painted black maybe then I'll fade away and not have to face the facts it's not easy facing up when your whole world is black no more will my green sea go turn a deeper blue i could not foresee this thing happening to you. if I look hard enough into the setting sun, my love will laugh with me before the morning comes
I see a red door and I want it painted black
No colors anymore, I want them to turn black
I see the girls walk by dressed in their summer clothes
I have to turn my head until my darkness goes
I see a line of cars and they are painted black
With flowers and my love both never to come back
I see people turn their heads and quickly look away
Like a new born baby it just happens every day
I look inside myself and see my heart is black
I see my red door and it's heading into black
Maybe then I'll fade away and not have to face the facts
It's not easy facing up when your whole world is black
I wanna see it painted painted, painted black, oh baby
I wanna see it painted painted, painted black, oh baby
No more will my green sea go turn a deeper blue
I could not foresee this thing happening to you
If I look hard enough into the setting sun
My love will laugh with me before the morning comes
I wanna see it painted, painted black, oh
Black as night, black as coal
I wanna see the sun blotted out from the sky
Painted, painted, painted black oh baby
(Rolling Stones)
I see a red door and I want it painted black
No colors anymore I want them to turn black
I see the girls walk by dressed in their summer clothes
I have to turn my head until my darkness goes
I see a line of cars and they're all painted black
With flowers and my love, both never to come back
I see people turn their heads and quickly look away
Like a newborn baby it just happens ev'ryday
I look inside myself to see my heart is black
I see my red door I must have it painted black
Maybe then I'll fade away and not have to face the facts
It's not easy facing up when your whole world is black
No more will my green sea go turn a deeper blue
I could not forsee this thing happening to you
If I look hard enough into the setting sun
My love will laugh with me before the morning comes
I see the girls walk by dressed in their summer clothes
I have to turn my head until my darkness goes
Hmm, hmm, hmm...
I wanna see it painted, painted black
Black as night, black as coal
I wanna see the sun, blotted out from the sky
I wanna see it painted, painted, painted black
Picture a man of nearly thirty
Who seems twice as old with clothes torn and dirty
Give him a job shining shoes
Or cleaning out toilets with bus station crews
Give him six children with nothing to eat
Expose them to life on a ghetto street
Tie an old rag around his wife's head
And have her pregnant and lying in bed
Stuff them all in a Harlem house
I see a red door and I want it painted black
No colors anymore I want them to turn black
I see the girls walk by dressed in their summer clothes
I have to turn my head until my darkness goes
I see a line of cars and they're all painted black
With flowers and my love, both never to come back
I see people turn their heads and quickly look away
Like a newborn baby it just happens ev'ryday
I look inside myself and see my heart is black
I see my red door and it has been painted black
Maybe then I'll fade away and not have to face the
facts
It's not easy facing up when your whole world is black
No more will my green sea go turn a deeper blue
I could not forsee this thing happening to you
If I look hard enough into the settin sun
My love will laugh with me before the morning comes
I see a red door and I want it painted black
No colors anymore I want them to turn black
I see the girls walk by dressed in their summer clothes
I have to turn my head until my darkness goes
Hmm, hmm, hmm...
I wanna see it painted black, painted black Black as
night, black as coal
I wanna see the sun, blotted out from the sky
I wanna see it painted, painted, painted, painted black
I see a red door and I want it painted black
No colours anymore, I want them to turn back
I see the girls walk by dressed in their summer clothes
I have to turn my head until my darkness goes
I see a line of cars and they're all painted black
With flowers and my love, both never to come back
I see people turn their heads and quickly look away
Like a newborn baby it just happens ev'ryday
I look inside myself and see my heart is black
I see my red door and I must have it painted black
Maybe then I'll fade away and not have to face the facts
It's not easy facing up when your whole world is black
No more will my green sea go turn a deeper blue
I could not forsee this thing happening to you
If I look hard enough into the setting sun
My love will laugh with me before the morning comes
I see a red door and I want it painted black
No colours anymore I want them to turn back
I see the girls walk by dressed in their summer clothes
I have to turn my head until my darkness goes
I wanna see your face painted black, black as night,
black as coal
Don't wanna see the sun, flying high in the sky
I wanna see it painted, painted, painted, painted black,
I checked the pilot lights and double-checked all the locks.
But the captain's asleep at the wheel.
We're heading straight for the rocks.
I've got the anxiety blocked.
Nose to the grindstone, both eyes on the clock.
It's a matter of trust.
They want to re-write the history books,
they want to turn back the clocks.
Just leave your hope at the ballot box,
and leave the wolf in charge of tending the flock.
Make no mistake, they watch every move that we make.
You better watch who you call "backwards,"
Who you call "uncivilized."
Treat people like pigeons, I hope they peck out your eyes.
Throwing crumbs and passing judgement,
nobody asked you to import that shit
I see paradise and you see pavement,
Your renovations make a mess of it.
Erect monuments to excess, until there's no room left.
We'll turn this place into a tomb.
Regression is my obsession.
I keep screaming, never learned my lesson.
Demolition is out best invention, and our favorite mode of transgression.
(End Transmission)
Kick, snare, amp blare,
We're black & blue but we don't care.
Iron lung, broken rung; awaiting sentence,
Jury's hung.
So I'll reap what I sow and I'll rest where I reside.
Our hearts are cracked, but still intact.
Welcome to the city that shoves you back.
To resist, some twist their hands into fists.
But fighting each other, like slumber, keeps us under.
I kiss the ground and you embrace the sky.
I dig myself into a fucking hole while you unfold and learn to fly.
That's the way it went. I watched you descent.
You got your wings clipped, and your halo bent.
Scratching our initials into wet cement is as close as we get to something permanent.
And I want it back, don't give it back.
Too quick to step up with the fisticuffs. I think it's time that someone called our bluff. We can't create so we denigrate. We don't know how to love so we settle for hate. And we're running out of time. So let's step out of line, and resist the roles that we've been assigned. I'm not going to settle for "nice guys finish last," or treat our sisters as second class. While we conquer and earn, slash and burn. Concrete, steel and pavement everywhere I turn. And we're running out of time. Brothers & sisters, here's my decision: Fuck competition; turn my back on division. Did we learn the difference between "want," and "need?" Can we be the soil if this song is the seed?
We can't build as fast as you tear down. I need some relief. I'm driving nails with my fucking skull, you pull them out with your teeth. What makes you think you can fuck with this? It's our sacred ground. Defiled it with your bottom line. Tear out the heart, parade the corpse around. Still here. Still carry that torch. You burned your hands and went way off course.
What will it take to wake you up?
What will it take to shake you up?
I won't sleep at all tonight.
I'm not alright, and you're too fucking polite.
Would you call this a hit and run?
Can you tell the beating drum from the smoking gun?
Not to be outdone, we've got VIP seating for the blind, deaf, and dumb.
Now we're what we promised we would never become.
It's what they call "comfortably numb."
You're not living in the real world.
It means nothing to you.
I wish I had your faith.
Maybe then I'd feel safe.
This is a sermon for the vermon. A song to draw blood.
A finger in the dam trying to hold back the flood. We are down, but we're still not out.
We struggle with faith in the face of doubt.
So is it a crime to think that we've found something more sublime?
That we're somehow more alive?
That we're not just busy dying?
No coincidence, it's by design.
Herded into a pen with the rest of the swine.
Born to shine, or born to stand in line?
You decide.
So you better step up to bat, before your dreams get hammered flat. (This is the sound)
Even when your ship has run aground.
Don't let bastards get you down.
Your friends are impressed with your industry clout. They say you're hot shit but your fire's gone out. Play it safe? You might as well spit in my face. Turn in your badge & gun you're a fucking disgrace. Watered down, you're a repeat offender. It's time to fall on your sword, boy, it's time to surrender. You scratch your head and wonder: "how did it get so tame?" You just joined the ranks of the ones we blame! Singing rebel songs but you're on a short leash. You should be ashamed...
A sick nation. Starvation (I guess that's what's in fashion). A bait & switch and guess who's gonna cash in? They wrapped it in cellophane and found a way to sell it. We're standing knee deep in shit. Can't you smell it? We'll disappear without a trace if we don't spit it right back in their fucking face. We'll die for that look. We'll cut ourselves up for that look. Self-esteem built on surgery and diet books. Fuck you. We're not buying what you're selling.
We hit the ground runnng...We won't slow down!
He says he wants to get better, but first he has to get a little sicker.
He holds his tongue like he holds his liquor.
Too young to call it quits. Too old to settle for nostalgia, so he settles for this.
Too scared to slow down and find out what he missed.
No more hiding his medicine under his tongue, because that song's been sung.
Salutes the angles for his rescue and subsequent protection.
He'd like to thank the Windy City for blowing this angel in his direction.
In on the joke, but I can't laugh. We tried to make the grade; I guess we still can't pass. I may be white but I'm a fucking kike and I'm here to tell you where to stick that trash. I don't want the insider's smile or the secret handshake of the white gentile. I'll be the double agent; I'll be the spook, the insider with the cyanide tooth. Just when you thought you were bulletproof...
We hit the streets with fast beats. No surrender and no retreat. Back then, "get in the van" was our battle cry, even though half the time we couldn't see eye to eye. A lot of heart, a little luck, and just a pinch of self-destruct. If I knew then what I know now, I'd do it all the same. The amp's shut down, vacuum tubes have grown cold. Am I getting soft? Am I getting old? Am I starting to rot? Ready or not...flip the switch, hit the bricks this is all I've got. Feet flat, broken back. How do we get ourselves back on track? We try to do it right but everything goes wrong. Did you know that I'm still in love with that song?
We are the sound and the fury.
We're what's left of the hope and the glory.
Foreshadowed by the dust in the ghost town,
and the rust of the factory shutdown.
I've got a fistful of crumbs, and a mouthful of lies.
Everyone needs a hobby. Ours is suicide.
We had all the right tools: Opposable thumbs and big brains full of useless shit.
A long history of wrong turns and dead ends brings us back to where we started again.
And I think that I'm outranked,
Outmanned, outgunned, and outflanked.
"Out of Step"? Yeah, I know what that feels like.
This contract is null and void.
We tore it up before the ink was dry.
Can I remember how to forget? Well let's hope so.
Because tonight I can't tell friend from foe.
Live fast (but don't die young).
Slow down, but never, ever stop.
There's a price on our heads.
Remember when we couldn't give it away?
They want to see us dead, but they'll be happy
just to watch the decay.
And I've been reading about our demise.
Trying to see myself through your eyes.
Well, it's an open casket wake.
Enjoy the show.
I heard the herd is nervous, that the murdered
verb disturbed it. Anabolic egos can't consider
how their words hit.
Translation: no action, just consumer
satisfaction. light a match & watch the rats
dividing into factions.
There will be no more heroes; there will be no
more "death or glory," Just second story men,
selling second-hand stories.
They want to throw away the key; they don't care what the age is. They're getting rich burning books and building cages. Scared to death because they know where the rage is. My diagnosis: "fucked" - and I think it's contagious. They spread this disease, and then the selfish motherfuckers do what they please. Their pockets are full, but their hearts are empty. And once again we're short-changed in the land of plenty.
Sweep out the cobwebs & recalibrate the
currency. They're robbing us blind.
They're trimming the fat, and counting every
calorie. Can't you see that they're robbing
us blind? Inveterate invertebrates ingest and
regurgitate. They are robbing us blind. There's
no convincing explanation for the crumbs on
your dinner plate.
Sharpen the knives and sugarcoat the medicine.
Consult your astrologist and be sure to tip the
weathermen.
I know we promised you a dividend...
They steal the bread from our mouths. They
steal the air from our lungs.
And they steal the ground from under our
feet. They will try to steal the words from our
tongues.
DON'T LET THEM.
So you're the fucking tin man? If you only had
a heart. Your eyes are rusted shut, too caught
up in yourself to start letting down your guard,
or trying to discard your insulation. You got
fired before you could retire or hand in your
resignation.
You better shed your skin, man, or this is going
to get more frustrating. Inhale, exhale, repeat.
But you're still asphyxiating.
The ice is getting thin. You better watch where
you're stepping or you might fall in. It's no sin
(and this is where the strings come in). All this
pretending is wearing thing.
We don't know where to start.
We shut down with the intent to prevent things
from falling apart.
We won't fall apart.
Lowered expectations met. Once were wolves,
now domesticated pets. Hijacked syntax,
footprints on our backs. I guess in retrospect
we should have covered our tracks.
But we see what's underneath, the empty
threat when they bare their teeth. Like priests
we speak a dead language, written in sand. We
need a new lexicon, devils be damned.
Now M.B.A.'s twist the DNA
I guess the kids have had their say.
No Way.
It's got nothing to do with luck, & it's got nothing to do with sin.
You said, "God's got it in for you. You're fucked," but I don't believe in him.
Standing underneath stars and satellites.
The sky is not falling on my head tonight.
I can see it out of the corner of my eye, but this time I've got a running start.
"What a perfect match," I thought, "Your black eyes and my black heart."
It's in my blood. No, not that tired cliche.
For me it's literal, just check the hospital bill.
It's in my heart. Filed under "left for dead," and sewn together with a needle and thread.
It's in my head. History is fiction. God can't touch us now; we're out of his jurisdiction.
We are invincible. We may bend, but we will not be broken. [x3]
If I had a hammer, it would probably by covered in rust.
I've got a broom and a dustpan, but they're covered in dust.
I tried to fill the cracks.
But they're everywhere in this town.
This place is haunted and I'm gonna have to burn it down.
We've got to start from scratch.
All that's left is dust and ash.
No idle hands; we stay busy hauling out the trash.
In fact, to keep my head intact
I learned to stand with the wall against my back.
We don't know what we are, but we're sure of what we're not.
I know that language will fail us, but it's all we've got.
Enter the plague-bearers throwing stones.
The not-in-god's-name swearers picking through the bones.
A refuge for cowards and hypocrites.
Their traps are baited and their fuses lit.
Preachers proselytize, and cancers metastasize.
And you've been properly anesthetized.
So you won't even flinch.
You won't notice the unmarked graves, for the victims of their crusades.
Cathedrals built on the backs of slaves.
They're the salesmen adept at deception, the neighborhood thugs selling "protection".
I bet you never though you'd see me scratching at air like an amputee.
So what's left? I've got a head like a trainwreck.
Who's keeping count of the casualties?
Fatigue thrusts its jackhammer fists into my eyes,
but I'm afraid to lie down. Afraid to slow down.
Afraid to go home. (It's gonna catch up to me...)
I'm tied in knots because of what I'm not and I can't share what I haven't got.
So here's to the skinned knees and sutured hearts.
Here's to the unhappy endings and all the false starts
I know that some days it feels like a 9 to 5 deathmarch.
And that's half the waking day taken away.
I'm pretty sure that we imagined something more.
Don't let that fire in your eyes flicker and fade.
They're experts at extinguishing hope, so you better hold it and keep it sclose.
It's a one-round match; you better grab it by the throat.
And don't let go...
I'd like to say hats off to the slash-and-burn architects,
They know exactly where despair and commerce intersect.
They've sloved the equation for the gold rush, soul-crush;
Three hundred million open mouths choking on the surplus.
So you think you've got it sewn up tight? Well, you've got us up against the ropes tonight. But when the smoke clears, you'll be drawing flies, and we'll be dancing on your grave, fire in our eyes...
We're more than just the sum of our parts.
Hands off our bodies, hands off our hearts.
And who the fuck are they to tell us where we
can and can't find divinity?
We looked around and found their god
nowhere in the vicinity.
Because I see too much hunger and too much
greed. What we want getting in the way of
what we need. Too much neglect and too much
blight. You point your finger, instead of trying
to live your life right.
We've been condemned. We've been gagged
and bound. The hand that feeds becomes the
hand that keeps us down.
The rain won't wash away your sins. You're
gonna fall.
Gravity wins.
We rattle chains, and we question how we are trained.
We speak words profane.
We'll be banging pots and pans until you understand:
We're following a different plan.
Tried to live the good life, I just wasn't good enough.
Tried to live the simple life, I wasn't simple enough.
Tried to live the high life, I couldn't get high enough.
We won't let you forget.
Last call for the bloodsuckers, heaters, and parasites.
You're been relieved of duty, so let's call it a night.
You'd better sleep tight, and get your head right.
No more backdoor deals, it's not a fair fight.
You're beating plowshares into swords and taking your glad-handing bullshit on tour.
When those promises are broken we'll be scratching at your door,
And who needs D.C. when I've got D4?
I hate the way you live, taking more than you give. Cannibal, we're gonna pay the price for your appetites. Your body's a cemetery, and you'll drown in your own waste. We're getting sick of the taste. You're dead inside; I can smell it on your breath. You're dead inside; you'll take until there's nothing left. There's nowhere to hide...
They've got an army of accountants counting matchsticks,
And an arsenal of distraction tactics.
They'll use our senses against us:
Manipulating desire and consensus.
And they'll use guns,
They'll use tear gas.
I can hear the sound of boots on broken plate glass.
We'll use song as inspiration.
To be the rust in their machines is our intention.
It's time.
We've got to set it right, but these devils can't be fought with fists.
Dissent; they want to shut it down.
Just run your mouth, boy, you've made their list.
I lie down with one eye open now,
I know that sleep is the cousin of death.
The hammer's swinging down...
Fight back until your last breath.
You wonder why we always play it safe?
Our comforts are tying us down,
And holding us back.
I've got war on my mind all the time.
A fuckin' a slave to the bottom line.
Do you recognize that sound?
That's your little white lie breaking down.
It's coming back around
Selling us shit, hand over fist, we're sitting ducks and I'm sick of it.
Do you really think you know what's up?
I'll turn it upside down.
I'm a guillotine waiting for the head that wears the crown. Just don't look down
It's coming back around.
Selling us shit, hand over fist, we're sitting ducks and I'm sick of it.
Remain oblivious, and reset assured they'll take our silence as permission.
Is it still called "control" when it's for our own protection?
I've got war on my mind all the time, all the time, all the time, all time.
I've got war on my mind all the time, all the time, all the time, all time.
Ignore history.
A charm school success story.
Top of the class in Slash & Burn Diplomacy.
Setting phasers to stun is no fun. So says the
syllabus for Blitzkrieg 101.
So Johnny get your gun.
You singed your wings, flew too close to the
sun. Too bad you never learned to turn tail
and run. That's where we'll come undone.
There's a thousand broken hearts on the home
front, baby. That you're too nearsighted to
see. That's why you're falling off the charts
on the home front, baby. The mathematics of
complicity.
We are falling apart.
That's as honest as I know how to be.
Hooked up & sucked dry. And yes it pried my eyes open wide. But I couldn't make room for the fear inside. I shut down. I went numb. Tried to escape but I couldn't outrun. Stressed my head until it broke. The days slipped through my fingers like smoke. It's a lesson that I won't forget. You haven't seen the last of me yet. Sometimes I wish I'd been a fisherman: patient eyes and callused hands. Move with the sea & hold the line. Sitting still isn't wasting time. And guess what? I'm (apparently) not too young to die.
We screamed at this wall 'till my throats were raw. We beat at this wall 'till our hands were broken. We mourned at this wall 'till our hearts was empty. We built this wall; we were trained to be enemies. Sin by omission; that's how we're fooled. Textbooks? Propaganda tools! If we only read what we're assigned, we're only coloring inside their lines. It's sleight of hand, but we're sick of their tricks: Disguised class war politics. We're all born innocent and we all die alone. We all try to make a dent, we're just flesh and bone.
This is not an argument.
It's a one-sided diatribe, and I'm on the wrong side.
It's not a traffic stop.
But I'm sure you'd make a pretty good cop.
This is not a photograph.
We never advertise, just cut them down to size.
These are your rules of engagement:
Shoot first, ask questions later.
It's never just black and white.
But that's all you see.
Talk minus action is still zero.
We won't allow another witch hunt here,
so check your math, don't go off half-cocked.
Your mouth is loaded and locked.
You better lock your doors, find a place to hide.
build the walls thick and dig the trenches wide.
The perimeter's secure; it's the "great divide".
You can make believe that you'll never have to go outside.
Burn the hive.
No one here gets out alive.
We'd have a great view if it weren't for you.
Selling protection that we don't need.
"Fear thy neighbor" the prevailing creed.
You'll teach us just who to avoid,
We're suspicious, frightened and paranoid.
You'll be the first to judge, the first to cast doubt, the first to point fingers and the first to bail out. King of the drama circus. Craving the spotlight. Bottom feeding off our efforts. Fucking parasite! So don't talk until you take a walk in my Chucks. What the fuck? I guess you're shit out of luck.
Wipe that smile off your face.
This is not happy hour.
I'm not in the mood to celebrate, no.
You're mixing cocktails while we're mixing concrete.
Fortifying bunkers and preparing for the retreat.
You'll keep playing word games to disguise the cost.
Just keep us entertained, we won't recognize the loss.
And now it's bombs away, but we're not OK.
It keeps coming over and over again.
When "us vs. them" is hard-wired into the brainstem.
"What's that noise? Turn it down!" You're irritated by that beautiful rebel sound. I turn it up just to tune you out and you still don't understand what we're screaming about? Your eyes must be shut cause you still don't see it. Made up your mind that you won't believe it. We'll say it louder if you still don't hear it. You better run if you don't want to be near it. It's right outside your front door. Do you think I don't know what all those locks are for? And it's scratching at your window. Too close for comfort.
Iw as running out of breath, I was running out of time.
Every clock tick reminds (me) that I'm falling behind.
We are one skin; you can't convince me to believe in sin.
Language has us wired to explode,
we know how to hold on and how to let go.
When it feels like I'm swimming against the tide,
our heads are stupid but our bodies are wise.
When I lose sight because the light has died,
I find hope in your hands, lips and eyes.
Caught in the act, you fucking thief.
Give it back; it's not yours to keep.
I guess you're trying to prove that candy-coated bullshit still goes down smooth,
So we won't choke or gag, just wave the white flag.
You're intimidated so you stick with the sickness
And you use your favorite dirty tricks to inflict this.
I've always had my doubts but our vision's so myopic we see no way out.
As long as hope exists, it will be met with angry words and swinging fists.
But there's an itch that we've got to scratch.
So set the fuse and we'll strike the match.
The blind eye of the TV screen keeps us anesthetized. Freedom decreased while we fucking sleep. That's the plan that they devised. This song's designed with you in mind, to cut you down to size. And through the night, yeah the flame burns bright, and we'll burn right through your lies. Out cold, you're bought & sold. So just stand in line and do what you're told. No conflict? No strife? You better run for your fucking life...the truth is so elusive, because the bullshit's subsidized. Deceit increased while the fucking Beast gnaws at our insides.
Fed a steady diet of tragedy.
It's getting hard to look away.
Content with the scraps they leave on our plate.
I'm getting sick of the taste.
Cutting and draining slowly, intravenous despair.
A quick fix of trashy bullshit.
Numb, dumb, and unaware.
The medicine cabinet's empty, there's nothing for my head. Inside I'm made of concrete, my eyelids feel like lead. I'm feeling for pulse but it's no use. My head was screwed on tight, now it's coming loose. I've been to the bottom of a bottle or two, that shit just kept me down. I'm sick of shortcuts that leave me on the fucking ground
1.) Toil
2.) Consume
3.) Reproduce
4.) Repeat until numb
(And now, the fine print): "Awake" is obsolete.
Just follow instructions and your life's complete.
It's not as hard as you thought it would be...
I will be heavy like stone to hold you down.
Weightless like wings to lift you from the ground.
I will be flesh and bone, fragile and frail,
And I will be the wind when it’s time to set sail.
Headfirst, kicking and screaming.
Naked and afraid into this world we’re thrown.
You might feel out of place sometimes,
But you’ll never be alone.
Beneath these petals, thorns.
They’ll try to buy away your hopes and dreams,
But all that glitters isn’t what it seems.
It’s never enough to be strong; be brave and smart.
Smart enough to be afraid; brave enough to lead with your
heart.
Headfirst, kicking and screaming.
Naked and afraid into this world we’re thrown.
You might feel out of place sometimes,
Obedience ingrained, so discreet.
Our chains rendered obsolete.
Post-everything.
Feel nothing.
Ironic detachment replaces outrage.
No sleep.
We are restless pestilence.
Broken promises collect like bounced checks. Never
penitent.
I call it “home” where I lay my broken bones.
Sticks and stones, a row of disconnected pay phones.
We are contraband
Smuggled through the tunnels under Wonderland.
You’ve been sleeping on the job,
So here’s your reprimand.
We are breeding, multiplying
In the space between the walls.
What you call living feels more like dying,
If it feels like anything at all.
Wearing our hearts on our sleeves,
Seems you’ve forgotten what your head is for.
My blood is on your hands,
And no that’s not a fucking metaphor.
We are afraid of conflict, but always at war.
And we no longer feel pain, that’s what the medicine’s
They're running their mouths about original sin again.
Somehow we're similar simians, on a steady diet of carcinogens.
We'll be the weathermen, warning of the black skies ahead.
Broadcasting live from the City of the Dead. The forecast is for hail,
locusts and falling anvils bring common sense and science to a standstill.
Watch as witches burn, fanatics setting fire to the foundation,
playing duck season/rabbit season with our children's education.
The barbarians are at the gates, that's my diagnosis.
If they make it past the barricades, before the drawbridge closes,
there will be no cause to celebrate, there will be no throwing roses.
The same racist god that sanctioned truncheons and hoses at Selma.
The god of bloodied scalps and broken noses,
of back alley abortions and voided civil unions.
So remember the next time you're kneeling for communion:
They want us locked down and mute.
And they're still burning books so why not follow suit,
and set fire to their treatises and stale superstitions.
Underneath our feet; broken glass and concrete.
These kids don't walk alone; they own these city streets.
Of course they know that freedom sometimes stings.
Halogen halos, two wheels for wings.
Cranes loom like gallows overhead,
and the setting sun paints the sky blood red.
But outside it's exactly how I want it to be.
We're finally free.
The squeal of brakes and the last strains
of "That's How I Escaped My Certain Fate."
Instead of "welcome home," you looked at me and asked,
"How is this gonna end?" When the wind beats against our hollow bones,
we're only forced to run for shelter again.
We're staring at different stars in the same night sky,
and it's different songs that get us through the day, but that's OK.
Will we break or will we bend?
Welcome to the year of more fear let's not pretend.
And then you wonder why we slow down under the weight of what this
world demands.
I used to fear the Bomb, now I fear my fellow man.
I'm afraid of what's in my head, hoping I'll choose hope instead.
All this caution makes us reckless and there are egos that need to be fed.
We're still ugly and we're still free,
still preoccupied with World War III.
My skin is a map of minor impacts.
While you were watching your back,
they kicked in your front door.
Do you think that you can launch a counterattack,
lying face down on the floor?
How do you expect to heed the call,
blindfolded, back against the wall?
Digging graves for the promised land?
It makes no sense at all.
Never Again?
Hands on our hearts but no patriot hymn.
We pray for better days but don t believe in sin.
We are the pride and the disgrace.
We sing of world s end with a smile on our face.
Fraudulent allegiances, cheap facades,
our father s flags, our mother s gods.
We will celebrate your decay.
We stumble faithless, blind,
spineless, the American way.
This could be the dawn of a brand new day,
You don’t know this song,
But I caught you trying to sing along.
Your mouth is moving but the words are all wrong.
False signifiers.
Like little liars.
Send in the clowns
Numb from the neck down.
If you don’t know now, chances are you never will.
The pitcher’s full, but your plants are wilting on the
windowsill.
False signifiers.
Like little liars.
Send in the clowns
Numb from the neck down.
You talk, and I wince,
But you’ve got everybody else convinced;
You’ve memorized and rehearsed your lines,
While I’ve forgotten most of mine.
You know all the steps, but you’ve got no swing.
It’s an “I know why the caged bird sings,” type of thing.
Cannibals & kings take swings at death.
We fall in line and march in step.
The ones with forked tongues have placed their bets.
Their reliance on our silence marks the way that we will pay their debts.
It's invisible and it kills us slowly, day after day,
We play the early bird.
Their schemes are absurd, buy in and get burned.
We discern at day s end we re just food for the worms,
so we work at what we love, and live on our own terms.
And the gears still turn.
Will you remain devout,
devoured day in and day out?
If you have any doubt,
look no further than the chewed up and spit out.
We won t be meat for this war pig scene.
I used to feel safe,
oblivious to the mess I left in my wake.
Now I try to give more than I take.
But there s more at stake
than the nights I spent awake.
It turns out I ve got a selfish streak,
and I repeat the same mistakes.
Seconds, hours, minutes, days.
I feel it slip, slipping away.
Did I mention that I m fucking scared?
I can feel the decay,
but I can t say it caught me unawares.
New bruises, new pills.
Fate will not fight fair;
the clock will not stand still.
Ask me why & I ll spit in your eye.
We re all still ill.
Good morning bright eyes.
I watched you while you slept,
Reflecting on resolutions
Broken and promises kept.
You know we’ve got to fall before we walk;
We’ve got to sink before we swim.
So have patience, stop checking the clock,
And if someone locks you out, kick your way back in.
They’ll tell you what you are, they’ll tell you what
you’re not.
They’ll surround you with mirrors, baby, don't get
caught.
They’ll reduce you, sterilize you, try to cut you down
to size, too.
Shine too bright, they’ll say you’re just craving
attention.
You’ll run the gauntlet of their smirks and
condescensions.
Did you run too fast? Did you fly too high?
Did you see too much with your eyes open fuckin wide?
I’d rather “yes,” be our reply,
Than have as epitaph, “Too afraid to try.”
So we’ll dance like wild beasts,
Charged with disturbing the peace.
And when it looks like things can’t get any worse,
We’ll sing until our hearts burst.
No compass, no maps,
We’ll find our own way back.
And when things look bleak, I’ll kiss the tears from
your cheek,
Liar, liar, with devils conspire.
You're tapping wires and setting fires.
Too tired to do what our conscience requires.
that's what you get when you preach to the choir.
When the smoke gets thick,
you're quick to rick your constituents.
It's like, "touch me, I'm sick"
it's just the carrot & the stick again.
Their cultural blight, just for spite, we left a stain
The uphill flight's the pilot light that keeps the flame
INTO THE GEARS WE THROW A WRENCH,
We try to decipher the truth from the lie.
There were bolder lines in those analog times.
Station after station, a catalog of capitulations.
Abort mission? This is no fucking solution.
Digging tunnels under Babylon is not sufficient.
And I think I know what you re wishing,
so I m renewing my vows:
No more giving up, no more giving in.
No more shame for what s underneath my skin.
No more nostalgia for the face I wore when I was young.
No more violence with my eyes,
no more violence with my tongue.
You want to talk about skin?
I’ve got a problem with the way you see,
Your eyes are always trying to take something from me.
I’ve got a problem with the way you hear,
Only listening to the bankers and the bombardiers.
But for now I’m not invisible.
Sometimes I wish I was.
Your stare, the weight of your glare,
Pinned and mounted, but you best beware.
I’ve got a problem with the way you think.
Respect could keep us afloat, but you would rather
sink.
I’ve got a problem with the way you act.
Run your mouth, confuse opinion with fact.
And if I don’t make any sense to you,
Well, I never really wanted to.
Through fictions fed and feelings misconstrued,
At least I know my aim is true.
I learned to crawl, to stand, to fall.
I even learned to scale those fucking walls.
I learned to scream, to swim upstream,
And to subsist on optimism and caffeine.
Ice will melt. Seas will rise.
Iron will rust. Fire will fall from the skies.
Hearts will break, but ours will mend,
Once we’ve spent all that we can spend.
We will turn against ourselves, we will feel fear.
I see a red door and I want it painted black
No colors anymore I want them to turn black
I see the girls walk by dressed in their summer clothes
I have to turn my head until my darkness goes
I see a line of cars and they're all painted black
With flowers and my love, both never to come back
I see people turn their heads and quickly look away
Like a newborn baby it just happens ev'ryday
I look inside myself and see my heart is black
I see my red door and it has been painted black
Maybe then I'll fade away and not have to face the
facts
It's not easy facing up when your whole world is black
No more will my green sea go turn a deeper blue
I could not forsee this thing happening to you
If I look hard enough into the setting sun
My love will laugh with me before the morning comes
I see a red door and I want it painted black
No colors anymore I want them to turn black
I see the girls walk by dressed in their summer clothes
I have to turn my head until my darkness goes
Hmm, hmm, hmm...
I wanna see it painted black, painted black
Black as night, black as coal
I wanna see the sun, blotted out from the sky
I wanna see it painted, painted, painted, painted black
I see a red door and I want it painted black
No colors anymore, I want them to turn black
I see the girls walk by dressed in their summer clothes
I have to turn my head until my darkness goes
I see a line of cars and they're all painted black
With flowers and my love both never to come back
I see people turn their heads and quickly look away
Like a new born baby it just happens every day
No more will my green sea go turn a deeper blue
I could not foresee this thing happening to you
Maybe if I look hard enough into a setting sun
I think my love will laugh with me before the morning comes
Mm, mm, mm....
Oh, oh, oh....
Paint it black
Paint it black
Paint it black (black, black)
Paint it black (black, black)
Paint it black
Paint it black
Paint it black (black, black)
Paint it black (black, black)
Paint it black (black, black)
Paint it black (black, black)
Paint it black (black, black)
I see a red door and I want to painted black
No colors anymore I want them to turn black
I see the girls walk by dressed in their summer clothes
I have to turn my head until my darkness goes
I see a line of cars and they're all painted black
With flowers and my love both never to come back
I see people turn their heads and quickly look away
Like a new born baby it just happens every day
I look inside myself and see my heart is black
I see my red door and must have it painted black
Maybe then I'll fade away and not have to face the facts
It's not easy facin' up when your whole world is black
No more will my green sea turn to a deeper blue
I could not foresee this thing happening to you
If I look hard enough into the settin' sun
My love will laugh with me until the mornin' comes
I see a red door and I want it painted black
No colors anymore I want them to turn black
I see the girls walk by dressed in their summer clothes
I have to turn my head until my darkness goes
Hmm, hmm, hmm,...
I wanna see it painted, painted black
Black as night, black as coal
I wanna see the sun blotted out from the sky
I wanna see it painted, painted, painted, painted black
Yeah!
painted black
I see my red door and I want it painted black
No colors anymore I want them to turn black
I see the girls walk by dressed in their summer clothes
I have to turn my head until my darkness goes
I see a line of cars and they're all painted black
With flowers and my love both never to come back
I see people turn their heads and quickly look away
Like a new born baby it just happens ev'ry day
I look inside myself and see my heart is black
I see my red door and must have it painted black
Maybe then I'll fade away and not have to face the facts
It's not easy facin' up when your whole world is black
No more will my green sea go turn a deeper blue
I could not foresee this thing happening to you
If I look hard enough into the settin' sun
My love will laugh with me before the mornin' comes
I see my red door and I want it painted black
No colors anymore I want them to turn black
I see the girls walk by dressed in their summer clothes
I have to turn my head until my darkness goes
Hmm, hmm, hmm,...
I wanna see your face, painted black
Black as night, black as coal
I wanna see the sun blotted out from the sky
I wanna see it painted, painted, painted, painted black
I see a red door and I want it painted black
No colors anymore I want them to turn black
I see the girls walk by dressed in their summer clothes
I have to turn my head until my darkness goes
I see a line of cars and they're all painted black
The flowers and my love both never to come back
I see the people turn their heads and quickly look away
Like a new born baby it just happens every day
I look inside myself and see my heart is black
I see a red door I must have it painted black
Maybe then I'll fade away and not have to face the facts
It's not easy facing up when your whole world is black
No more will my green sea go turn a deeper blue
I could not foresee this thing happening to you
If I look hard enough into the setting sun
My love will laugh with me before the morning comes
I see a red door and I want it painted black
No colors anymore I want them to turn black
I see the girls walk by dressed in their summer clothes
I have to turn my head until my darkness goes
I wanna see it painted, painted black
Black as night, black as coal
I wanna see the sun, blotted out from the sky
painted, I'll paint it black,
painted, I'll paint it black
I see my red door and I want it painted black
No colors anymore I want them to turn black
I see the girls walk by dressed in their summer clothes
I have to turn my head until my darkness goes
I see a line of cars and they're all painted black
With flowers and my love both never to come back
I see people turn their heads and quickly look away
Like a new born baby it just happens every day
I look inside myself and see my heart is black
I see my red door, I must have it painted black
Maybe then I'll fade away and not have to face the facts
It's not easy facin' up when your whole world is black
No more will my green sea go turn a deeper blue
I could not foresee this thing happening to you
If I look hard enough into the settin' sun
My love will laugh with me before the mornin' comes
I see a red door and I want it painted black
No colors anymore I want them to turn black
I see the girls walk by dressed in their summer clothes
I have to turn my head until my darkness goes
I wanna see your face, painted black
Black as night, black as coal
I wanna see the sun blotted out from the sky
I wanna see it painted, painted, painted, painted black
I see a red door and I want it painted black
No colors anymore I want them to turn black
I see the girls walk by dressed in their summer clothes
I have to turn my head until my darkness goes
I see a line of cars and they're all painted black
With flowers and my love both never to come back
I see people turn their heads and quickly look away
Like a new born baby it just happens ev'ry day
I look inside myself and see my heart is black
I see my red door and it has been painted black
Maybe then I'll fade away and not have to face the
facts
It's not easy facin' up when your whole world is black
No more will my green sea go turn a deeper blue
I could not foresee this thing happening to you
If I look hard enough into the settin' sun
My love will laugh with me before the mornin' comes
I see a red door and I want it painted black
No colors anymore I want them to turn black
I see the girls walk by dressed in their summer clothes
I have to turn my head until my darkness goes
Hmm, hmm, hmm,...
I wanna see it painted, painted black
Black as night, black as coal
I wanna see the sun blotted out from the sky
I wanna see it painted, painted, painted, painted black
I see a red door and I want it painted black.
No colors anymore, I want them to turn black.
I see the girls walk by dressed in their summer clothes.
I have to turn my head until my darkness goes.
I see a line of cars and they're all painted black
With flowers and my love, both never to come back.
I see people turn their heads and quickly look away.
Like a newborn baby, it just happens ev'ryday.
I look inside myself and see my heart is black.
I see my red door - I must have it painted black.
Maybe then I'll fade away and not have to face the facts.
It's not easy facing up when your whole world is black.
No more will my green sea go turn a deeper blue.
I could not forsee this thing happening to you...
If I look hard enough into the setting sun,
My love will laugh with me before the morning comes.
I see a red door and I want it painted black.
No colors anymore, I want them to turn black.
I see the girls walk by dressed in their summer clothes.
I have to turn my head until the darkness goes.
Painted black, painted black,
Black as night, black as coal.
I wanna see the sun, blotted out from the sky.
I wanna see it painted, painted black,
Black as night, black as coal.
I wanna see the sun, blotted out from the sky.
I wanna see it painted, painted, painted black.
I see a red door and I want it painted black
No colours anymore, I want them to turn back
I see the girls walk by dressed in their summer clothes
I have to turn my head until my darkness goes
I see a line of cars and they're all painted black
With flowers and my love, both never to come back
I see people turn their heads and quickly look away
Like a newborn baby it just happens ev'ryday
I look inside myself and see my heart is black
I see my red door and I must have it painted black
Maybe then I'll fade away and not have to face the
facts
It's not easy facing up when your whole world is black
No more will my green sea go turn a deeper blue
I could not forsee this thing happening to you
If I look hard enough into the setting sun
My love will laugh with me before the morning comes
I see a red door and I want it painted black
No colours anymore I want them to turn back
I see the girls walk by dressed in their summer clothes
I have to turn my head until my darkness goes
I wanna see your face painted black, black as night,
black as coal
Don't wanna see the sun, flying high in the sky
I wanna see it painted, painted, painted, painted
I see a red door
And I want to paint it black
No colours anymore
I want them to turn black
I see a line of cars
And they are painted black
They pass me by with one
Who's never coming back
I look inside myself
And see my heart is black
I see a red door
And I have to have it black
Maybe I'll fade away
And not have to face the fact
That it's not easy
When your whole world's turning black
Paint it black
My world's black
If we look hard enough
Into the setting sun
These things will last with me
Before the morning comes
I see them walking by
All dressed up in their clothes
I have to turn away
Until my blackness goes
Paint it black
My world's black
Paint it black
It's all black
[Written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards (c 1966 Renewed 1994 ABKCO Music, Inc., BMI)]
I see a red door and I want it painted black
No colors anymore, I want them to turn black
I see the girls walk by dressed in their summer clothes
I have to turn my head until my darkness goes
I see a line of cars and they're all painted black
With flowers and my love, both never to come back
I see people turn their heads and quickly look away
Like a new born baby, it just happens every day
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
I want to paint it, paint it, paint it, paint it black
Yeah, I want to paint it, paint it, paint it, paint it black
No more will my green sea go turn a deeper blue
I could not foresee these things happening to you
If I look hard enough into the settin sun
My love will laugh with me before the mornin comes
I look inside myself and see my heart is black
I see a red door and I want it painted black
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
I want to paint it, paint it, paint it, paint it black
Yeah, I want to paint it, paint it, paint it, paint it black
I see a red door and I want it painted black
No colors anymore, I want them to turn black
I see the girls go by dressed in their summer clothes
I have to turn my head until my darkness goes
I see a line of cars and they're all painted black
Dead flowers and the loved one never to come back
I see people turn their heads and quickly look away
Like a new born baby; it just happens every day
I look inside myself and see my heart is black
I see my red door and want it painted black
If I try hard enough I won’t have to face the facts
It's not easy facing up when your whole world is black
No more will my green sea go turn a deeper blue
I could not foresee this thing happening to you
If I look long enough into the setting sun
My love will laugh with me before the morning comes
I see a red door and I want it painted black
No colors anymore, I want them to turn black
I see the girls walk by dressed in their summer clothes
I have to turn my head until my darkness goes
I wanna see it painted, painted black
Black as coal, black as night
I wanna see the sun blotted out from the sky
I see a red door and I want it painted black
No colors anymore I want them to turn black
I see the girls walk by dressed in their summer clothes
I have to turn my head until my darkness goes
I see a line of cars and they're all painted black
With flowers and my love, both never to come back
I see people turn their heads and quickly look away
Like a newborn baby it just happens ev'ryday
I look inside myself and see my heart is black
I see my red door and it has been painted black
Maybe then I'll fade away and not have to face the facts
It's not easy facing up when your whole world is black
No more will my green sea go turn a deeper blue
I could not forsee this thing happening to you
If I look hard enough into the setting sun
My love will laugh with me before the morning comes
I see a red door and I want it painted black
No colors anymore I want them to turn black
I see the girls walk by dressed in their summer clothes
I have to turn my head until my darkness goes
Hmm, aahhhh
I see a red door and I want to paint it black
No colors in my life, you better turn them black
I see them walking by dressed in their colorful clothes
My happiness de?
No more will my grey sea turn a deeper blue
I cannot foresee this thing happening to you
I see people walking by dressed their summer clothes
I see them strolling by, my happiness ?
Turn it black
Yeah yeah yeah yeah
I said I know baby
Everything is black I know
Since you been gone
Eveything is black before my eyes
Baby eh
Everything is black I know
Turn to me
And help me see again baby
Help me walk once more
And help me talk again, walk again
Stand up like a man baby
Since you been gone, gone
There is no color in my life baby
Its turning so very very ? black
Humph, I walk down the street
And I see a line of cars
Maybe blue, maybe brown, maybe green
But their turning black
Before my very eyes
And you could not know
What its like when your whole world is black
When everything you see and touch
Turns so very very black hmm
Oh baby now
I need you by my side
Bring some color into my life
Once again
I even tripped down and fell
Didn't see no colors anymore baby
Bad, bad scene
And I have to tell you baby
No more will my grey sea go turn a deeper blue
I cannot foresee this thing ever happening to you
I see people walking by me
They're all going in different directions
I see them strolling by and my heart splinters like a flame
Turning black baby
Turning black I know
Everything
Since you've been gone is turning black, turning black, turning black, turning black, turning black
Yeah yeah yeah yeah, baby
Oh lord, oh babe, whoa lord, help me see again, baby
Help me walk, talk, walk stand up like a man I know
Need you standing by my side
Because I'm blind and I cannot see
Color blind
I'm color blind
Paint everything so black
Go ahead and paint it black baby
Everyhing is black black, black, its turning black I know
I see a red door and I want it painted black
No colors anymore, I want them to turn black
I see the girls walk by dressed in their summer clothes
I have to turn my head until my darkness goes
I see a line of cars and they're all painted black
With flowers and my love both never to come back
I see people turn their heads and quickly look away
Like a newborn baby, it just happens everyday
I look inside myself and see my heart is black
I see my red door and must have it painted black
Maybe then I'll fade away and not have to face the facts
It's not easy facing up when your whole world is black,
ooooohhhh
No more will my green sea go turn a deeper blue
I could not foresee this thing happening to you
If I look hard enough into the setting sun
My love will laugh with me before the morning comes
I wanna see it painted, painted, painted black
Black as night, black as coal
I wanna see your face painted black
Ooooohhhhh, ohh whoa-ohh, oooohhhhhhh
Paint It, Black
I see a red door and I want it painted black
No colors anymore I want them to turn black
I see the girls walk by dressed in their summer clothes
I have to turn my head until my darkness goes
I see a line of cars and they're all painted black
With flowers and my love both never to come back
I see people turn their heads and quickly look away
Like a new born baby it just happens every day
I look inside myself and see my heart is black
I see my red door and must have it painted black
Maybe then I'll fade away and not have to face the facts
It's not easy facin' up when your whole world is black
No more will my green sea go turn a deeper blue
I could not foresee this thing happening to you
If I look hard enough into the settin' sun
My love will laugh with me before the mornin' comes
I see a red door and I want it painted black
No colors anymore I want them to turn black
I see the girls go by dressed in their summer clothes
I have to turn my head until my darkness goes
Hmm, hmm, hmm,...
I wanna see it tainted, tainted black
Black as night, black as coal
I wanna see the sun blotted out from the sky
I wanna see it tainted, tainted, tainted, tainted black
Yeah!
; I see a red door and I want it painted black
No colors anymore I want them to turn black
I see the girls walk by dressed in their summer clothes
I have to turn my head until my darkness goes
I see a line of cars and theyre all painted black
With flowers and my love both never to come back
I see people turn their heads and quickly look away
Like a new born baby it just happens evry day
I look inside myself and see my heart is black
I see my red door and it has been painted black
Maybe then Ill fade away and not have to face the facts
Its not easy facin up when your whole world is black
No more will my green sea go turn a deeper blue
I could not foresee this thing happening to you
If I look hard enough into the settin sun
My love will laugh with me before the mornin comes
I see a red door and I want it painted black
No colors anymore I want them to turn black
I see the girls walk by dressed in their summer clothes
I have to turn my head until my darkness goes
Hmm, hmm, hmm,...
I wanna see it painted, painted black
Black as night, black as coal
I wanna see the sun blotted out from the sky
I wanna see it painted, painted, painted, painted black
I see a red door and I want it painted black
No colors anymore I want them to turn black
I see the girls walk by dressed in their summer clothes
I have to turn my head until my darkness goes
I see a line of cars and theyre all painted black
With flowers and my love both never to come back
I see people turn their heads and quickly look away
Like a new born baby it just happens evry day
I look inside myself and see my heart is black
I see my red door and it has been painted black
Maybe then Ill fade away and not have to face the facts
Its not easy facin up when your whole world is black
No more will my green sea go turn a deeper blue
I could not foresee this thing happening to you
If I look hard enough into the settin sun
My love will laugh with me before the mornin comes
I see a red door and I want it painted black
No colors anymore I want them to turn black
I see the girls walk by dressed in their summer clothes
I have to turn my head until my darkness goes
Hmm, hmm, hmm,...
I wanna see it painted, painted black
Black as night, black as coal
I wanna see the sun blotted out from the sky
I wanna see it painted, painted, painted, painted black
I see a red door and I want it painted black
No colors anymore I want them to turn black
I see the girls walk by dressed in their summer clothes
I have to turn my head until my darkness goes
I see a line of cars and theyre all painted black
With flowers and my love both never to come back
I see people turn their heads and quickly look away
Like a new born baby it just happens evry day
I look inside myself and see my heart is black
I see my red door and it has been painted black
Maybe then Ill fade away and not have to face the facts
Its not easy facin up when your whole world is black
No more will my green sea go turn a deeper blue
I could not foresee this thing happening to you
If I look hard enough into the settin sun
My love will laugh with me before the mornin comes
I see a red door and I want it painted black
No colors anymore I want them to turn black
I see the girls walk by dressed in their summer clothes
I have to turn my head until my darkness goes
Hmm, hmm, hmm,...
I wanna see it painted, painted black
Black as night, black as coal
I wanna see the sun blotted out from the sky
I wanna see it painted, painted, painted, painted black
I see a red door and I want it painted black no colors anymore I want them to turn black I see the girls walk by dressed in their summer clothes I have to turn my head until my darkness goes
I see a line of cars and they're all painted black with flowers and my love both never to come back I see people turn their heads and quickly look away like a new born baby it just happens every day
no more will my green sea go turn a deeper blue I could not foresee this thing happening to you if I look hard enough into the settin sun my love will laugh with me until the morning comes
I see a red door and I want it painted black
No colors anymore I want them to turn black
I see the girls walk by dressed in their summer clothes
I have to turn my head until my darkness goes
I see a line of cars and they're all painted black
With flowers and my love both never to come back
I see people turn their heads and quickly look away
Like a new born baby it just happens ev'ry day
I look inside myself and see my heart is black
I see my red door and it has been painted black
Maybe then I'll fade away and not have to face the facts
It's not easy facin' up when your whole world is black
No more will my green sea go turn a deeper blue
I could not foresee this thing happening to you
If I look hard enough into the settin' sun
My love will laugh with me before the mornin' comes
I see a red door and I want it painted black
No colors anymore I want them to turn black
I see the girls walk by dressed in their summer clothes
I have to turn my head until my darkness goes
Hmm, hmm, hmm,...
I wanna see it painted, painted black
Black as night, black as coal
I wanna see the sun blotted out from the sky
I wanna see it painted, painted, painted, painted black
Hmm, aahhhh
I see a red door and I want to paint it black
No colors in my life, you better turn them black
I see them walking by dressed in their colorful clothes
My happiness de?
No more will my grey sea turn a deeper blue
I cannot foresee this thing happening to you
I see people walking by dressed their summer clothes
I see them strolling by, my happiness ?
Turn it black
Yeah yeah yeah yeah
I said I know baby
Everything is black I know
Since you been gone
Eveything is black before my eyes
Baby eh
Everything is black I know
Turn to me
And help me see again baby
Help me walk once more
And help me talk again, walk again
Stand up like a man baby
Since you been gone, gone
There is no color in my life baby
Its turning so very very ? black
Humph, I walk down the street
And I see a line of cars
Maybe blue, maybe brown, maybe green
But their turning black
Before my very eyes
And you could not know
What its like when your whole world is black
When everything you see and touch
Turns so very very black hmm
Oh baby now
I need you by my side
Bring some color into my life
Once again
I even tripped down and fell
Didn't see no colors anymore baby
Bad, bad scene
And I have to tell you baby
No more will my grey sea go turn a deeper blue
I cannot foresee this thing ever happening to you
I see people walking by me
They're all going in different directions
I see them strolling by and my heart splinters like a
flame
Turning black baby
Turning black I know
Everything
Since you've been gone is turning black, turning black,
turning black, turning black, turning black
Yeah yeah yeah yeah, baby
Oh lord, oh babe, whoa lord, help me see again, baby
Help me walk, talk, walk stand up like a man I know
Need you standing by my side
Because I'm blind and I cannot see
Color blind
I'm color blind
Paint everything so black
Go ahead and paint it black baby
Everyhing is black black, black, its turning black I
know
I see a red door and I want it painted black
No colours anymore I want them to turn black
I see the girls walk by dressed in their summer clothes
I have to turn my head until the darkness goes
I see a line of cars and they're all painted black
The flowers and my love both never to come back
I see people turn their heads and quickly look away
Like a new born baby it just happens ev'ry day
I look inside myself and see my heart is black
I see a red door, I must have it painted black
Maybe then I'll fade away and not have to face the facts
It's not easy facin' up when your whole world is black
No more will my green sea go turn a deeper blue
I could not foresee this thing happening to you
If I look hard enough into the settin' sun
My love will laugh with me before the mornin' comes
I see a red door and I want it painted black
No colours anymore I want them to turn black
I see the girls walk by dressed in their summer clothes
I have to turn my head until the darkness goes
I wanna see it painted, painted black
Black as night, black as coal
I wanna see the sun blotted out from the sky
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