Violet started singing… Read Full Bio ↴Violet was born in 1995 in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Violet started singing even before she knew how to talk. Hey mother was always incredibly supportive, and she was the one who introduced Violet to music. She must have been around three or four years old, but she distinctly remembers listening to Heal the World by Michael Jackson on her vinyl player while her mother and Violet danced around the living room. Violet's childhood was the ignition of my love for music.
During her teenage years, Violet started taking singing and guitar lessons and fell in love with rock music. She had a multitude of different bands and projects where I developed my identity as a singer-songwriter. When Violet graduated high school, she went to study abroad In London and lived there for 5 years, ultimately getting a degree in songwriting.
She has since moved back to her home country, but she travel back and forth to the United States and has plans to move to there.
Right now, Violet is a full-time musician, YouTuber, songwriter and producer. She release's covers every week of songs she loves (mainly rock songs), I’ve written music for films and produces her own original material.
She is open to all collaborations, productions and performances. Please see her contact page and feel free to email her! She can’t promise she'll accept all offers, but she can guarantee a response.
Music is a strange and wonderful thing that she can’t live without, and she is fortunate enough to be able to share it with you.
Paint it Black
Violet Orlandi Lyrics
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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've seen people turn their heads
And quickly look away
Like a newborn baby
It just 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 setting sun (into the setting sun)
My love will laugh with me
Before the morning comes (before, 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 want to see it painted
Painted black
Black as night, black as coal
I wanna see it painted black
I wanna see the sun (I wanna see it soon)
Blotted out from the sky
I wanna see it painted
I wanna see it painted black
In "Paint It Black," Violet Orlandi shares an ominous, melancholy perspective on life, color, and loss. Through a series of vivid images, she expresses a desire to turn everything "black" - to erase colors and memories alike and to become lost in the darkness. The red door that she sees represents a beacon of color and joy that she can't bear to confront, and the girls in their summer clothes further emphasize the contrast between the brightness of the world and the darkness inside her. Similarly, the line of cars painted black represents death and loss, with flowers and love lost forever. The idea that people look away like a newborn baby suggests that humans are uncomfortable with death and pain, that they cannot stare it in the face, and can only look away.
As she looks inside herself, she sees that her "heart is black," revealing a deep sense of pain, sadness, and perhaps even guilt. She nurses a wish to fade away and avoid the fact that her world is black, that she is suffocating in the darkness. It's a struggle to face reality when it's so bleak, and she can't seem to shake off her despair. That being said, the final verse offers a glimmer of hope that she might be able to reconnect with life and love again. If she can look hard enough, she believes that she might be able to find joy in the setting sun, and that her love will laugh with her once more before morning comes. However, this hope is hard-won, and it comes only after a long struggle with pain and darkness.
Line by Line Meaning
I see a red door
I notice a red door
And I want it painted black
I desire to have that door painted black
No colors anymore
I don't want to see any colors anymore
I want them to turn black
I want to see everything painted black
I see the girls walk by
I notice girls passing by
Dressed in their summer clothes
They are wearing their summer outfits
I have to turn my head
I need to look away
Until my darkness goes
Until I feel better and less negative
I see a line of cars
I observe a line of vehicles
And they're all painted black
They are all colored black
With flowers and my love
They are adorned with flowers and my love
Both never to come back
But both won't come back
I've seen people turn their heads
I've observed people look away
And quickly look away
They look away instantly
Like a newborn baby
Like a newborn child
It just happens everyday
It's a common occurrence
I look inside myself
I examine my inner feelings
And see my heart is black
I realize my heart is dark
I see my red door
I recognize my red door
I must have it painted black
I must have it painted black
Maybe then, I'll fade away
Perhaps then, I'll disappear
And not have to face the facts
And not have to confront reality
It's not easy facing up
It's not simple to confront
When your whole world is black
When everything around you is dark
No more will my green sea
The color of my ocean
Go turn a deeper blue
Won't become darker blue
I could not foresee this thing
I didn't predict this event
Happening to you
Happening to someone like you
If I look hard enough
If I search for it enough
Into the setting sun (into the setting sun)
Looking towards the setting sun
My love will laugh with me
My love will enjoy laughing with me
Before the morning comes (before, before the morning comes)
Before the morning arrives
I wanna see it painted
I want to see it colored
Painted black
Colored black
Black as night, black as coal
As dark as night, like coal
I wanna see it painted black
I want to see everything painted black
I wanna see the sun (I wanna see it soon)
I want to see the sun, and soon
Blotted out from the sky
Erased from the sky
I wanna see it painted
I want to see it colored
I wanna see it painted black
I want to see everything painted black
Writer(s): Mick Jagger, Keith Richards
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