Black
Pearl Jam
Sheets of empty canvas, untouched sheets of clay
Were laid spread out before me as her body once did
All five horizons revolved around her soul (As the earth to the sun)
Now the air I tasted and breathed has taken a turn
Ooh, and all I taught her was everything
Ooh, I know she gave me all that she would
And now my bitter hands chafe beneath the clouds
Of what was everything
Oh, the pictures have all been
washed in black tattooed everything
I take a walk outside, I'm surrounded by some kids at play
I can feel their laughter, so why do I sear
Oh, and twisted thought that spin, 'round my head
I'm spinning, oh, I'm spinning
How quick the sun can, drop away
And now my bitter hands cradle broken glass, of what was everything
All the pictures have all been washed in black, Tattooed everything
All the love gone bad, turned my world to black
Tattooed all I see, all that I am, all I'll be yeah (doo doo…)
I know someday you'll have a beautiful life, I know you'll be a sun In somebody else's sky, but why
Why, why can't it be, why can't it be mine?