“Black” is a song by Pearl Jam. This page features time-synced lyrics that highlight each line as the song plays — press play to sing along in real time. The lyrics contain 27 lines.
Hey, hey, yeah, uh
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Sheets of empty canvas, untouched sheets of clay
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Were laid spread out before me as her body once did
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All five horizons revolved around her soul, as the earth to the sun
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Now the air I tasted and breathed has taken a turn, ooh
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Ooh, and all I taught her was everything
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Ooh, I know she gave me all that she wore
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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
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I can feel their laughter, so why do I sear?
Oh and twisted thoughts that spin 'round my head
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I'm spinning, oh I'm spinning
How quick the sun can drop away
And now my bitter hands cradle broken glass
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Of what was everything
All the pictures have all been washed in black
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Tattooed everything
All the love gone bad turned my world to black
Tattooed all I see, all that I am, all that I'll be, yeah
Oh, oh, ooh
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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, oh can't it be mine?
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Ooh, ah yeah, ah ooh
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