The Rolling Stones – Paint It, Black

No matter how depressed and low down I get, the Rolling Stones’ music always lifts me up a bit. I can breathe again, I can feel again. Thanks a lot for this music therapy.

Listening to “Paint It, Black” by The Rolling Stones is like walking into a dark, intense world. But who are these impresive singer(s)?

Active for over sixty years, The Rolling Stones are one of the most popular and enduring bands of the rock era. They are an English rock band.

However. “Paint It, Black” is a song about deep sadness, loss and the desire to escape pain. The lyrics tell the story of someone who has lost someone important in their life and feels overwhelmed by grief.

Lyrics:

I see a red door and I want it painted black

No colours 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 see people turn their heads and quickly look away

Like a newborn baby, it just happens every day

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

My love will laugh with me before the morning comes

I see a red door and I want it painted black

No colours 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

Hmm, hmm, hmm…

I wanna see it painted, painted black

Black as night, black as coal

I wanna see the sun blotted out from the sky

I wanna see it painted, painted, painted, painted black

Yeah!

Hmm, hmm, hmm…

……..THE END