Black

by Pearl Jam

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Background: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HvfvlIoTWkg

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Ooooh...

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Sheets of empty canvas
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untouched sheets of clay
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Were laid spread out before me
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as her body once did

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All five horizons 
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revolved around her soul 
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as the earth to the sun
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Now the air I tasted and breathed 
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has taken a turn

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Oooh
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and all I taught her was
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everything
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Oooh
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I know she gave me all 
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that she wore

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And now my bitter hands
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chafe beneath the clouds
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of what was everything.
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All the pictures have 
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all been washed in black, 
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tattooed everything

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I take a walk outside,
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I'm surrounded by some kids at play
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I can feel their laughter,
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so why do I sear?

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Oh, and twisted thoughts that spin
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round my head
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I'm spinning, oh, I'm spinning
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how quick the sun can drop away 

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And now my bitter hands 
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cradle broken glass 
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of what was everything
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All the pictures have 
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all been washed in black, 
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tattooed everything...
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All the love gone bad turned my world to black
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Tattooed all I see, 
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all that I am, all I'll be... yeah...

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I know someday you'll have a beautiful life,
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I know you'll be a star 
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in somebody else's sky,
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But why, why, why 
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can't it be, can't it be mine?


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Too doo doo too, too doo doo [many times until fade]