Pearl Jam - Black

From Pearl Jam's debut album Ten, released 1991.

Basic Lyrics

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, can't it be mine

Aah... uuh..

Too doo doo too, too doo doo

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[delly659]

Call me crazy, but I think it's idiotic to compare artists and say that one's better than the other...Nobody says Mozart was better than Bach, or Van Gogh was better than Picasso, they just enjoy their differences...To say Nirvana is better or PJ is better is pure stupid. Just accept the music, enjoy what you enjoy and listen to what all these great musician bestowed upon us!! :)

[xjulitox]

@504hustler1 I always cry to those lines, fuck.

[fightingpillow]

Thank you, PJ, for understanding. And for writing such beautiful lyrics.

[Throrine]

@thyl123 it's all "money cash hoes" I'm over it!

[Throrine]

@MrSynyster421 u right.

[MrSynyster421]

@thyl123 All 90's music is the best. Current music is shitty.

[thyl123]

@MrSynyster421 its just real music..... all that other new shit is fuckin dumb

[yonakrak]

temazooooooo de recuerdossss

[MrSynyster421]

You can't compare 90's music. It's all so good :) Just enjoy it

[IlovePOTO3]

@IlovePOTO3 Major typo there! * Totally

[IlovePOTO3]

@delly659 Ttoalyl agree with you there, but in my opinion Nirvana are nothing on Pearl Jam