Dim
Dada Banks Lyrics

In the opening lines of the song 'Dim' by Dada Banks, the singer requests for a picture of their lover's face to hold onto as a memory. They don't seem to care about the color or black and white of the picture, as long as they have something to remember them by. As the song progresses, the chorus highlights the fact that the singer's life has lost its brightness ('before my life went dim'). They sing about the troubles they faced before this dimming of their life, reminding someone that they should have warned them. The second verse describes how they painted half their face green and half blue, with hopes of showing their lover both sides of them, and then questioning their lover's love for them.

The pre-chorus 'can't this car go any faster' repeated thrice, is almost like a cry for help, the singer wishing to escape from their present situation. However, the last line is sobering, 'cause I can still see where I am', as if the problem lies not outside but within the singer. It is a metaphor for how we often try to run from our problems but they chase us wherever we go, never allowing us to escape. In conclusion, the song 'Dim' seems to be a lamentation of the loss of brightness in someone's life and the regret of not being able to do anything to stop it.