Monday, April 28, 2008

Thoughts .... limited .... maybe not.

Hey... oooh...
Sheets of empty canvas, untouched sheets of clay
Were laid spread out before me as her body once did
All five horizons revolved around her soul
As the earth to the sun
Now the air I tasted and breathed has taken a turn

Ooh, and all I taught her was everything
Ooh, I know she gave me all that she wore
And now my bitter hands chafe beneath the clouds
Of what was everything.
Oh, the pictures have all been washed in black, tattooed everything...

I take a walk outside
I'm surrounded by some kids at play
I can feel their laughter, so why do I sear?
Oh, and twisted thoughts that spin round my head
I'm spinning, oh, I'm spinning
How quick the sun can drop away

And now my bitter hands cradle broken glass
Of what was everything?
All the pictures have all been washed in black, tattooed everything...

All the love gone bad turned my world to black
Tattooed all I see, all that I am, all I'll be... yeah...
Uh huh... uh huh... ooh...

I know someday you'll have a beautiful life,
I know you'll be a sun in somebody else's sky,
but why why, why can't it be, why can't it be mine

(Black by Eddie Vedder - Pearl Jam)

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

"Thoughts...limited...maybe" Well what makes your thoughts so sad? Probably because they are limited?
I always feel that there are some songs which if you hear you go like "this is me, he/she stole my words,this is exactly how i feel and so on" Do you think this is one of those?

@|\/i said...

My thoughts are not sad (in general that is). They just reflect a state of mind and this song just gives my "state of mind" beautiful words and melody.
Lyrics (poetry) is like abstract art, you never know the true meanings until you know the who, when, why etc etc.
The lyrics of this song can be taken as love lost, or love that never was or (as I have read in a few places) even abortion.
This song does reflect how I feel, but it reflects a state of mind and mind is a jumping jack - never stays the same.