Paint it Black
Dominion Lyrics


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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
Yeah!

Overall Meaning

The lyrics of Dominion's song "Paint It Black" express feelings of depression, hopelessness, and despair. The singer sees the world in black and wants everything around him to be painted black. He wants to fade away and not have to face the facts. The sight of his red door and the vivid colors around him only accentuates his inner darkness, causing him to want to shut them out. He mentions seeing girls dressed in summer clothes, which is usually associated with happiness and joy, but it only makes him turn his head away until his darkness subsides. The line of cars painted black with flowers and love never to come back alludes to a funeral procession or a procession of mourners, which elicits sadness and grief. The last stanza talks about the desire to see the face of a loved one painted black to symbolize a sense of loss, and the yearning to blot out the sun symbolizes the desire to escape from reality.


Line by Line Meaning

I see my red door and I want it painted black
I see a reminder of happiness but I am not content and want to erase all memories of it from my view.


No colors anymore I want them to turn black
I don't want to see anything in this world that brings joy or color, only blackness and emptiness.


I see the girls walk by dressed in their summer clothes
I can observe the outside world but it only brings me sadness because I know I cannot enjoy the beauty of life anymore.


I have to turn my head until my darkness goes
I must look away from anything hopeful until I can gain my composure and overcome my melancholy.


I see a line of cars and they're all painted black
I see a procession of all the things that have died in my world, and all of them are black, the color of mourning.


With flowers and my love both never to come back
The memories of love and happiness are dead and will never return.


I see people turn their heads and quickly look away
Others cannot bear to see the pain and sadness in my eyes, so they ignore me and pretend everything is fine.


Like a new born baby it just happens ev'ry day
My suffering is so routine and familiar that it is like the birth of a new day.


I look inside myself and see my heart is black
I introspect and realize that my entire being is consumed by sadness and hopelessness.


Maybe then I'll fade away and not have to face the facts
If I disappear or die, I can avoid confronting the painful reality of my life and memories.


It's not easy facin' up when your whole world is black
It is a difficult and emotionally taxing experience to confront one's sorrow and emptiness head-on when everything around oneself is dark.


No more will my green sea go turn a deeper blue
The natural beauty and vibrance of life are fading away in my life and there is no hope of recovery.


I could not foresee this thing happening to you
I never expected to be so lost and feel so hopeless and disconnected from the world.


If I look hard enough into the settin' sun
If I force myself to observe the natural beauty around me, perhaps I can find some inner peace and hope.


My love will laugh with me before the mornin' comes
In the next life or world, I believe that I will find happiness and love again and be able to laugh once more.


I wanna see your face, painted black
I want to erase all memories of the love that I had, and forget even the images of the ones I once loved and smile fondly upon.


Black as night, black as coal
The one person that I found love and companionship with is dead and I want to erase any trace of their memory from my life.


I wanna see the sun blotted out from the sky
I feel such great pain that I want an external manifestation of this pain - the very sky to be blocked out by darkness.


I wanna see it painted, painted, painted, painted black
I want everything in my life and surroundings to become dark and colorless to match my sorrow and grief.


Yeah!
A guttural expression of anger and frustration at not being able to overcome the weight of sadness experienced on a daily basis.




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slaQ83

This was so hard to find back in the napster days, and still now it's pretty rare.

ostrichnumb9

great!!!

Bootymaster64

I must say this was horrible.

TheBigGnomo

It is pretty fucking awful

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