Black and White
Rollins Band Lyrics
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Turned around
Made to see
New eyes burning in my head
Color bends
Liar friends
New eyes seeing the black and white
Ripped away
Strength and beauty live
In the black and white
Black and white
Can't hide bright light
Shining through the darkest night
In the black and white
new eyes
Hate lies
Sun blind
Everything to see
Sun light
Blind light
Burned hollow
Burned clean
Everything to see
Find light
In dark
Blind eyes see
All the colors lie
I'm an only man
The lies hurt my mind so I think you understand
Color driven madness was all I used to see
Lving in the black and white
Breathing in the black and white
Being what there is to be
Seeing what there is to see
Is the only thing left for me
I'm living free in the black and white
Colors lie
Try to hide
You can't hide
In the black and white
The lyrics of Rollins Band's song "Black And White" describe a personal transformation of the singer, who has been turned around and made to see with new eyes burning in his head. The singer reveals how his liar friends and their lies have been ripped and burned away, leaving him with strength and beauty living in the black and white. He asserts that the black and white cannot hide bright light and goes on to emphasize the theme by repeating the phrase "in the black and white" throughout the song.
The lyrics further reveal how the new eyes of the singer hate lies and see everything in the black and white, unlike before when he was sun blind with color-driven madness. The singer acknowledges that he's "an only man" and the lies hurt his mind, leaving him with nothing else but to live and breathe in the black and white, seeing what there is to see. He ends by stating that colors lie and try to hide, but ultimately they cannot hide in the black and white.
The lyrics of "Black and White" can be interpreted in different ways, but it can be viewed as a rejection of the complex and often deceptive nature of the world and an embrace of simplicity and truth. The singer emphasizes the theme of transformation from darkness to light through personal growth, with the black and white representing the truth and brightness of the new reality.
Line by Line Meaning
I've been around
I have experienced life
Turned around
My perspective has shifted
Made to see
Forced to confront reality
New eyes burning in my head
A new way of seeing things is vividly present in my mind
Color bends
Perception changes
Liar friends
Deceptive people in my life
New eyes seeing the black and white
Seeing things clearly and without illusion
Ripped away
Forcefully removed
Burned away
Destroyed
Strength and beauty live
What is truly powerful and beautiful endures
In the black and white
In the absence of deception and illusion
Black and white
The truth
Can't hide bright light
The truth is always visible
Shining through the darkest night
Visible even in the worst of circumstances
new eyes
A new perspective
Hate lies
Dislike deceitful behavior
Sun blind
Vision obscured by falsehood
Everything to see
There is much to observe
Sun light
Deception
Blind light
Falsehood that inhibits vision
Burned hollow
What was previously valued has lost its essence
Burned clean
Cleansed of illusions
Everything to see
There is much to discern
Find light
Discover the truth
In dark
Despite challenging circumstances
Blind eyes see
Seeing truth despite prior blindness
All the colors lie
Inauthenticity pervades
I'm an only man
I am an individual
The lies hurt my mind so I think you understand
Deception causes mental anguish
Color driven madness was all I used to see
Prior focus on deceitful facade was consuming
Lving in the black and white
Embracing the truth
Breathing in the black and white
Fully immersing myself in authenticity
Being what there is to be
Accepting what is real
Seeing what there is to see
Taking in reality
Is the only thing left for me
The truth is the only option
I'm living free in the black and white
Freedom comes from accepting the truth
Colors lie
Falsehoods abound
Try to hide
Attempting to conceal the truth
You can't hide
The truth will always be revealed
In the black and white
Embracing authenticity
Lyrics © THE BICYCLE MUSIC COMPANY
Written by: PETER HOLSAPPLE
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
claymore 90
This is 1 hell of a jam
Matt Winstead
The lyric is so true that "the color driven madness....THAT USED TO BE... Blind eyes SEE...in the black-and-white, in the black-and-white, in the black and white....IN THE BLACK AND WHITE...YEAH!!!"
"Color driven MADNESS" is making excuses/rationalizing for others WHILE THEY'RE NARCISTICALLY DOING YOU IN about their ALLEGED "shades of Gray* In terms of bad behavior. This is what this song MEANS to me
Henry Cook
GREAT album!!!
David Brewer
Bad ass!!
mike maldonado
this shit rocks!
josef2012
So fucking hard.Henry rocked.Also that price tag is errything.