"i see the girls walk by dressed in their summer clothes he feels no one knows what hes going through, and mabey if they see the world through his eyes, everything black, then they may understand. He don't want any colors because mabey seeing all black helps him be less depressed because mabey when he sees colors it reminds him of when he was happy or reminds him that other people are happy, and he don't like that it makes him feel more depressed. "no colors anymore i want them to turn black" This could refer to many things.a church door, the gates of hell, the casket front, or just a door that he sees thats red and he don't want to see colors. "i see a red door and i want it painted black" mabey he plans to end his own life to be with her. He feels he will see his love again, either by dreaming, spirit, or when he dies, they will be united again. "if i look hard enough into the setting sun, my love will laugh with me before the morning comes" also the pain is so bad he does not wish it on anyone else to have to go through pain that bad.
The death was unexpected, sudden and tragic. "i could not foresee this thing happening to you" His feelings are dark because hes depressed, he sees everything as black. "i look inside myself and see my heart is black" This refers to the flowers put on the casket or at the grave site/or because flowers are colorful, and he sees everything as black, and that the flowers will die like his love did,"never to come back". "with flowers and my love both never to come back" and also refers to a hearse.(the vehicle which carries the casket containing a dead body to the grave site/funeral. This refers to a line of cars that are black, either limos for the family and or friends at the funeral, or they're not black in real life, he just sees them as black because hes depressed. "i see a line of cars and they're all painted black" (love referring to a girl)the artist is singing about everything turning black because hes depressed and sees everything as black. The song resonated with people, even if it wasn’t in the way the Mick Jagger and company intended.This song is written from the perspective of a man thats depressed because his "love" died. In addition, the track was played in the opening credits of Tour of Duty, a show about the Vietnam War which ran from 1987 to 1990.
#Lyrics for paint it black movie#
Many younger people are familiar with the war primarily through movies, so the use of the song in a popular Vietnam War movie caused some people to interpret it as a song about the war. “Paint It Black” plays over the film’s final scene. In addition, the media forged an association between the war and “Paint It Black.”įull Metal Jacket is among the most famous films about the conflict. The song certainly conveys a mix of anger and despair that many people felt about the war - whether they were fighting in it or not. So why do some see “Paint It Black” as a protest song about the Vietnam War? The book 50 Licks: Myths and Stories from Half a Century of the Rolling Stones includes an anonymous testimony from a Vietnam veteran who said the song’s morbid lyrics resonated with many soldiers who fought in the war. RELATED: The Beatles-Themed Message Hidden on a Rolling Stones Album Cover Soldiers in the Vietnam War | Larry Burrows/The LIFE Picture Collection via Getty Images
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