Angelo Badalamenti was born in Brooklyn, New York, United States to an Italian family. He began taking piano lessons at age eight and spent much of his childhood listening to opera and classical music. He studied at the Eastman School of Music and at Manhattan School of Music where he earned a master's degree in music. A classically trained performer, he spent the early years of his career playing the Catskills resort area, later writing and arranging for singers including Shirley Bassey and country star Mel Tillis. Under the pseudonym Andy Badale, he entered the film industry in 1973, debuting with the score to the action film Gordon's War. Despite subsequent work on such features as Law and Disorder (1974) and Across the Great Divide (1976), Badalamenti remained largely unknown.
In 1986, Badalamenti was hired to compose the score for David Lynch's Blue Velvet; subsequently, they continued their partnership, Badalamenti composing scores for films such as Wild at Heart and The Straight Story. Arguably the most famous collaboration of theirs was the cult hit television series Twin Peaks, for which Badalamenti created one of the most distinctive and evocative theme songs in television history. The duo also wrote and produced a pair of records for ethereal chanteuse Julee Cruise: Floating Into the Night (1989), which contained some songs from Twin Peaks, and The Voice of Love (1993). They also staged an avant-garde musical theater piece titled Industrial Symphony No. 1, which was shown onstage twice in 1989.
In 1996 collaborated with James vocalist Tim Booth, the fruits of their labors being the LP Booth and the Bad Angel. In 2005, Badalamenti composed part of the score for the video game Fahrenheit (known in North America as Indigo Prophecy), bringing his atmospheric ambience to a new medium.
On December 11, 2022, Badalamenti died at his home in Lincoln Park, New Jersey, aged 85.
Questions In A World Of Blue
Angelo Badalamenti Lyrics
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Why did you turn
away from me?
When all the world
seemed to sing
Why, why did you go?
Was it you?
Questions in a world of blue
How can a heart
that's filled with love
Start to cry?
When all the world
seemed so right
How, can love die?
Was it me?
Was it you?
Questions in a world of blue
When did the day
with all it's light
turn into night?
When all the world
seemed to sing
Why, why did you go?
Was it me?
Was it you?
Questions in a world of blue
Questions in a world of blue
The song "Questions in a World of Blue" by Angelo Badalamenti is a melancholic ballad that addresses the unanswerable questions that arise when a relationship ends. The lyrics are directed towards a former lover who has left, causing a sense of abandonment and heartbreak. The singer grapples with the reasons for the separation and wonders if it was their fault or their partner's.
One line in particular, "When all the world seemed to sing", captures the feeling of a life that was once filled with joy and light, now transformed into loneliness and pain. The repetition of the line "Questions in a world of blue" emphasizes the state of uncertainty and confusion that arises after a breakup, and the inability to find any answers that can provide closure or clarity.
Overall, the song captures the raw emotion and despair of losing a romantic partner and the search for meaning in a world that suddenly feels empty and meaningless.
Line by Line Meaning
Why did you go?
What caused you to leave me?
Why did you turn away from me?
What made you stop showing love for me and my feelings?
When all the world seemed to sing, why, why did you go?
When everything was going well, what made you leave and break my heart?
Was it me?
Was I responsible for your departure?
Was it you?
Did you make the choice to leave on your own?
Questions in a world of blue
I am left with unanswered questions and a heavy heart.
How can a heart that's filled with love start to cry?
How can someone who is deeply in love suddenly feel so hurt and sad?
When all the world seemed so right, how can love die?
When everything was going well, how could our love come to an end?
When did the day with all its light turn into night?
When did everything change and become so dark and hopeless?
Questions in a world of blue
I am left with unanswered questions and a heavy heart.
Questions in a world of blue
I am left with unanswered questions and a heavy heart.
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Written by: ANGELO BADALAMENTI, DAVID K. LYNCH
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