The trio are popular in the electronic dance music scene for their forward-thinking uplifting trance productions and collaborations with renowned vocalists. They have their own record label, Anjunabeats, which releases trance & progressive music, and they also host their own weekly radio show previously known as Trance Around the World but relaunched in late 2012 as Group Therapy. The group's tracks are regularly played by DJs around the world, including Armin van Buuren, Gareth Emery, Ferry Corsten, ATB, and Kyau & Albert. The trio has been consistently ranked among DJ Magazine's Top 100 DJs Poll, having placed at #4 in 2008 & 2009, #5 in 2010 & 2011, and most recently at #25 for 2014.
Black Room Boy
Above & Beyond Lyrics
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You're a black room boy
You're a black room boy
You're a black room boy
With all this poison inside
It's much too late to decide
You've been living a lie in your white room
For all the hours that you've cried
There's a year of love they denied
So you slip through the door and fall to the floor
In your black room
You're a black room boy
You're a black room boy
You're a black room boy
You're feeling so way down
You're a black room boy
Forget the losses and burn down
You're a black room boy
Fall into city lights
You're a black room boy
Nothing else to be there
You're a black room boy
You're a black room boy
You're a black room boy
You're a black room boy
You're a black room boy
You're a black room boy
You're a black room boy
The lyrics to the song "Black Room Boy" by Above & Beyond evoke an image of someone who is struggling with their own personal demons. The singer addresses this person as a "black room boy," someone who has hidden themselves away from the world and is now trapped in their own dark thoughts. The poison inside them is too much to handle and they cannot change their mind, because they've already chosen to live a lie in their "white room."
The singer speaks of the tears shed by the person, representing the pain and sadness they have experienced. The line "there's a year of love they denied" points towards the possibility that this person may have been rejected or hurt in love. The only escape they can find is in their dark space, which they fall into through a door and hit the floor. The repetition of the phrase "you're a black room boy" emphasizes the feeling of being stuck and hopeless.
The chorus seems to offer some kind of release from this pain, urging the person to forget their losses and burn down, possibly suggesting that they need to start fresh and let go of their past. The city lights and nothing else to be there represent the hope of finding joy in new experiences, new people, and a new life.
Line by Line Meaning
You're a black room boy
You are someone who isolates themselves from society and has secrets and emotions that you keep hidden in the metaphorical 'black room'.
With all this poison inside
You have a lot of negative emotions and experiences that are eating away at you like poison.
It's much too late to decide
You have already made up your mind about something, and it may be too late to change your decision.
You've got your mind made up
You are determined to stick by your decision, even if it's not the best one.
You've been living a lie in your white room
You have been living a false life that you present to others, keeping your true self hidden in the 'white room' where it feels safe.
For all the hours that you've cried
You have spent many hours crying and feeling emotional pain.
There's a year of love they denied
There is a lot of love and support that you have been denied by others in your life.
So you slip through the door and fall to the floor
You try to escape your problems and emotions by leaving the 'white room' and ending up in the 'black room', where you feel overwhelmed and helpless.
In your black room
You are alone in your struggles and negative emotions, symbolized by the 'black room'.
You're feeling so way down
You feel extremely low and depressed.
Forget the losses and burn down
You want to forget about all the negative experiences and emotions you have faced and 'burn down' everything associated with them.
Fall into city lights
You try to distract yourself from your problems and emotions by immersing yourself into the lights and distractions of the city.
Nothing else to be there
You feel like nothing else matters or exists besides your own emotions and struggles.
Lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
Written by: Andrew Bayer, Anthony Patrick James Mcguinness, Jonathan David Grant, Paavo Olavi Siljamaeki, Richard Bedford
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
@GeAsita
It's the same old scene
You've been stuck at the screen for a lifetime
You keep your mind sharp and clean
With a fix of caffeine for the night time
You got a page full of friends
And a world without end, DIKU
But if push comes to shove
You could do without them if they make you
With all this poison inside
It's much too late to decide
You've got your mind made up
You've been living a lie in your white room
For all the hours that you've cried
There's a year of love they denied
So you slip through the door and fall to the floor
In your black room
You're a black room boy
You're feeling so way down
You're a black room boy
Forget the losses and burn down
You're a black room boy
Fall into city lights
You're a black room boy
Nothing else to be there
You kissed your mommy's hand
Wearing daddy's ring when they left you
And you buried yourself in the pain that they couldn't accept you
You're in a world of your own
Got no cellular phone
They can't track you
But the girl at the store with the sketchy rapport
She will back you
With all this poison inside
It's much too late to decide
You've got your mind made up
You've been living a lie in your white room
For all the hours that you've cried
There's a year of love they denied
So you slip through the door and fall to the floor
In your black room
You're a black room boy
You're feeling so way down
You're a black room boy
Forget the losses and burn down
You're a black room boy
Fall into city lights
You're a black room boy
Nothing else to be there
You're feeling so way down
Forget the losses and burn down
Fall into city lights
Nothing else to be there
You're a black room boy
You're feeling so way down
You're a black room boy
Forget the losses and burn down
You're a black room boy
Fall into city lights
You're a black room boy
Nothing else to be there
@kevin.m2955
This took me back 10 years and put me in tears. This song deserves more awareness. Thumbs up 2020 quarantine
@memphisiv
It's simply an incredible terrific track. Good for dancefloor, good for a car driving in the night, good for everything.
@vanstar14
I feel you bro
@robrox1718
Still amazing to this day. Getting flashbacks
@josephbouzerdan9823
2024 and life is still getting me back here 🌿
@vittya4373
One of the most on-point lyrics ever in trance history. Truly.
We're all black room boys a little bit.
@nikmorales8624
Such an underrated song! Its so good! Tony has a really good voice!
@acetone7s
+Nik Morales i swear man tony has an amazing voice
@TheFIlthy420
Its Richard though not tony
@clittle580
TheFIlthy420 it’s both actually