Bold as Love
John Mayer feat. Pino Palladino Lyrics

Anger, he smiles
Anger is personified and is reflected as a smile on a person's face.

Towering in shiny, metallic, purple armor
Anger is protecting himself with shiny, metallic, purple armor, towering over others.

Queen jealousy, envy waits behind him
Jealousy and envy are hiding behind Anger, following him around.

Her fiery, green gown sneers at the grassy ground
Jealousy is personified as a woman wearing a fiery green gown, who is looking down at the ground with contempt.

Blue are the life-giving waters taken for granted
The blue color represents life-giving water, which is taken for granted and not appreciated.

They quietly understand
The blue waters understands deeply but doesn't say anything.

Once happy turquoise armies lay opposite ready
In the past, there were happy turquoise armies that were ready to face each other.

But wonder why the fight is on
However, they can't figure out why they have to fight each other.

But they're all bold as love
All the opposing sides are brave warriors who fight for what they believe in.

Yes, they're all bold as love
The statement is reiterated that all sides are courageous fighters.

Yeah, they're all bold as love
Cool, calm, and collected they march with confidence to battle.

Just ask the axis
The Axis is a reference to a guitar tuner, which is used to tune his guitar in order to create music.

My red is so confident that he flashes trophies of war and Ribbons of euphoria
The color red is personified as someone who wins trophies of war and ribbons of euphoria and flaunts them with confidence.

Orange is young, full of daring But very unsteady for the first go round
The color orange represents youth with daring behavior but lacks experience and is unsteady in the beginning.

My yellow in this case is not so mellow In fact, I'm trying to say it's frightened like me
The color yellow, which usually symbolizes happiness, is shown as fear, which the singer can relate to.

And all these emotions of mine keep holding me from, eh Giving my life to a rainbow like you
The artist is held back from giving their life to someone who represents the various colors of a rainbow by their own emotions.

But I'm, eh Yeah, I'm bold as love Well, I'm bold, bold as love I'm bold as love
Despite his fear of giving his life, the artist proclaims himself to be brave and bold as love.

I'm talking to you I'm bold, I'm bold as love, yeah
The singer directs this proclamation of boldness to the audience, stating their confidence in themselves.