Pearl Jam

Black

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 ever 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