Black

Hey...oooh...
Sheets of empty canvas, untouched
sheets of clay
Her legs 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
ever be...yeah...

Uh huh...uh huh...ooh...
I know someday you'll have a
beautiful life, I know you'll be a star
In somebody else's sky, but why Why,
why can't it be, why can't it be
mine

Ten
Pearl jam