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Paint It Black
TR/ST Lyrics
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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
I look inside myself and see my heart is black
I see my red door and it has been painted black
Maybe then I'll fade away and not have to face the facts
It's not easy facing up when your whole world is black
No more will my green sea go turn a deeper blue
I could not forsee this thing happening to you
If I look hard enough into the setting sun
My love will laugh with me before the morning comes
I see a 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...
TR/ST's cover of the Rolling Stones classic "Paint It Black" keeps the same theme but with a different interpretation. Singer Robert Alfons opted for a slower, more atmospheric arrangement that perfectly suits the song's lyrics. The overall darker and haunting tone of the song builds upon the original's mysterious aura.
The lyrics of "Paint It Black" present a bleak outlook on the world, with the singer wanting to paint everything black to match his inner darkness. The mention of a red door is the spark of his insecurity, and he wishes it would turn black too. He is so consumed by his darkness that he can't enjoy the beauty of the world around him, such as the girls walking by in their summer clothes. The line "With flowers and my love, both never to come back" refers to the funeral procession of his love, who passed away. The sight of this procession makes people look away, as if it's an everyday occurrence. The final verse seems to offer a glimmer of hope, with the singer saying that he might fade away and not have to face the facts. He ends the song on a more positive note, with the possibility of finding solace when morning comes.
Line by Line Meaning
I see a red door and I want it painted black
The singer desires to get rid of all bright colors and paint everything black.
No colors anymore I want them to turn black
The singer wants everything to lose its color and become black.
I see the girls walk by dressed in their summer clothes
The singer sees people enjoying the summer weather and clothing.
I have to turn my head until my darkness goes
The artist feels a sense of darkness within themselves and must look away from any brightness they see.
I see a line of cars and they're all painted black
The artist sees a group of cars that have all been painted black.
With flowers and my love, both never to come back
The singer laments the loss of someone they loved, as well as the beauty of life.
I see people turn their heads and quickly look away
The singer feels as though people are unable to confront the darkness within themselves, so they look away from anything that brings it up.
Like a newborn baby it just happens ev'ryday
The artist sees the avoidance of darkness as a common and natural response.
I look inside myself and see my heart is black
The artist recognizes their own inner darkness.
I see my red door and it has been painted black
The artist has already painted their own red door black.
Maybe then I'll fade away and not have to face the facts
The singer considers the idea that they might be able to avoid confronting their own darkness by fading away entirely.
It's not easy facing up when your whole world is black
The artist acknowledges the difficulty of confronting one's own darkness when it seems to pervade every aspect of their life.
No more will my green sea go turn a deeper blue
The singer recognizes that they can no longer find beauty in the world.
I could not forsee this thing happening to you
The singer didn't expect someone they cared about to go through a difficult experience.
If I look hard enough into the setting sun
The singer hopes that they will be able to find some shred of positivity even in the midst of their darkness.
My love will laugh with me before the morning comes
In spite of everything else, the artist holds onto the hope that they will be able to share moments of joy and laughter with someone they love.
Hmm, hmm, hmm...
This is a non-verbal vocalization that doesn't carry specific meaning.
Contributed by Elijah S. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
@studiohq
@@igorbogacki2002 you dont know who
Writers
Keith Richards, Mick Jagger are?
Looks like you were just looking for a reason to throw some shade to me. Had to hate on it. Needed her to have done something wrong so that you could insinuate low key hateraid and people would feel like they were wrong, fake or disloyal for liking it at all because she 'stole" it without giving credit
FOH
You dont even know who the Stones are let alone really care about their work
I think you just dont like Black People and your looking for an excuse to spread hate on us
we see you .....
@flamingblaze6165
I see a red door
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 quickly 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 then quickly look away
Like a new born baby, it happens everyday
I look inside myself and see my heart is black
I see my red door, I must have it painted black
Maybe then I’ll fade away and not have to face the facts
It’s not easy facing 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
Hmm 16x
I wanna see it painted, 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
Hmm x16
@BruhPK
This song truly represents Paint It Black in its darkest of light. Its verses describing the eyes of a Marine who comes home from Vietnam.
"I see a Red Door and I want to paint it black."
Coming home after all he's been through and wishes it was black, for it deserves no color.
"No colors anymore, I want them to turn black."
Colors that express different emotions, but black is all he feels. Emptiness.
"I see girls walk by dressed in their summer clothes, I have to turn my head until my darkness goes."
With his anger, sorrow and the despair that lingers within his heart, he turns away to avoid all contact.
"I see a line of cars and they're all painted black."
A line of cars that are black usually carry the dead, in this case, his fallen comrades to their final resting place.
"With flowers and my love, both never to come back."
My guess here, tossing flowers and surrendering love to them as both would never come back to him.
"I see people turn their heads and quickly look away"
When Vietnam veterans came back home, dead or alive, many people turned their heads in disrespect or without regard.
"Like a newborn baby it just happens everyday."
Losses in Vietnam were heavy and people just became somewhat immune to it as if it never really mattered to them.
"I look inside myself and see my heart is black."
As days pass on, he looks into hisself and sees his heart turning black, succumbing to the horrors that he brought home and the feeling of emptiness quickly taking over his soul. Darkness is all he feels at this point...
"I see my Red Door and must have it painted black."
With all the disrespect received, the hate thrown and uneducated statements followed by deaths of his brothers in arms and the hell that he walked through, his red door of his own home is desired to be black as the exterior of a coffin.
"Maybe then I'll fade away and not have to face the facts, It's not easy facing up when your whole world is black"
In his mind, he believes that if he simple just goes away and not face the facts of what he had done, such as the burning of huts and accepting his fate to the onslaught of politcal slander in view of the public, he won't have to face up for his world is all but black. Emptiness, similar to the casket in which he wishes to be in.
"No more will my green sea go turn a deeper blue, I could not foresee this thing happening to you"
As he looks on to the sea and near the shore, it is green, he cannot see it going blue as he looks farther into the horizon as you mostly do in most places. That and not forseeing this happening to anyone else meaning he wouldn't ever think of this happening to anyone else other than he and those who followed him into battle.
"If I look hard enough into the setting sun, my love will laugh with me before the morning comes"
Purely my guess: Looking hard enough into the horizon of the dusk, love will laugh in mocking fashion before the morning comes. The Devil laughing at his current situation as he enters into a severe depressive suicidal state and of instability, mocking him as it all slowly turns black into night.
"I wanna see it painted, painted black. Black as night, black as coal. I wanna see the sun blotted out from the sky."
Its as this point that all of his flashbacks from the war had taken its toll on his sanity. His heart filled with eternal emptiness, sadness and hatred eventually driving him to his end. Desiring everything to be black around him. Black as Night, Black as coal. The sun to be blotted out from the sky, as in the doors of the casket shutting upon him for his desire to live has reached its end point.
Now, picture another line of cars, all painted black and his spirit, sitting on top of his casket, seeing girls dressed in their summer clothes. People looking away as if it was just another day. His Spirit turns away then looks at the sky, the sun blotted by a thick black cloud with patches of darkness throughout and a chilling wind as they near his own final resting place. Then as they drive away, fading to black... for it is all painted black.
This is my take on the song itself, Paint It Black, made by the Rolling Stones as one of their war protest songs from the 60s. The instruments here truly make it the song's essence: A depressing and dark song that expresses what the lyrics describe. But that ending with the background singers, truly grasps just what our heroes went through and received coming back.
@haleybest4344
Red door: exists
Black paint: whispers "It's free real estate."
@billiemarierosado4038
IM WHEEZING
@alwaysblue9514
😂
@Ulvetann
Dats racism!
@alwaysblue9514
Ulvetann 💀
@letaviaedits
This comment is soo good, my favourite of all
@SirDave
Ciara is having such an amazing year. I'm happy she got to cover such an amazing song, showing off her versatility in her artistry and the tones of her voice. CiCi is truly that triple threat. The slayage here >>>>>>
@Trelissa
+Dave Knight (KnightofScorpio) PREACH !
@SirDave
Yes! LueLueLovesYouu
@Money2010Maker20
Yesss cici going off this year