"Colours" as written by Christian Zucconi, Hannah Hooper, Sean Gadd and Ryan Rabin....
I am a man, man, man, man
Up, up in the air
And I run around, round, round, round this down town and act like I don't care.
So when you see me flying by the planet's moon,
You don't need to explain if everything's changed
Just know I'm just like you.
Huh.
Ha, (x4)
So I pull the switch, the switch, the switch inside my head.
And I see black, black, green,and brown, brown, brown and blue, yellow, violets, red.
And suddenly a light appears inside my brain
And I think of my ways, I think of my days and know that I have changed.
It's the colors you have
No need to be sad.
It really ain't that bad.
It's the colors you have
No need to be sad.
You've still got your health.
So mistress, mistress have you been up to the roof?
He shot himself, self
There's blood on the wall
'cause he couldn't face the truth.
Oh, knock that down, leave the ground and find some space
And tell your friends, friends,
You'll be back again, gain
Before it's too late.
It's the colors you have
No need to be sad.
It really ain't that bad.
Oooooooooh, it's the colors you have
No need to be sad.
It really ain't that bad
It's the colors you have
No need to be sad.
You've still got your health.
So I am a man, man, man, man
Up, up in the air
And I float around, 'round, 'round this downtown
And know I shouldn't care.
So when you see us there out in the open road
You don't need to explain
If everything's changed
Just know that you don't know.
We call it life
Oh yeah, that's what we call it.
We can't call it at all.
We call it life
Oh yeah, that's what we call it.
When you can't call it at all.
Yeah, we call it
Oh yeah that's what we call it.
(oooooooooohhhhh)
We do it for love, sweet love.
Up, up in the air
And I run around, round, round, round this down town and act like I don't care.
So when you see me flying by the planet's moon,
You don't need to explain if everything's changed
Just know I'm just like you.
Huh.
Ha, (x4)
So I pull the switch, the switch, the switch inside my head.
And I see black, black, green,and brown, brown, brown and blue, yellow, violets, red.
And suddenly a light appears inside my brain
And I think of my ways, I think of my days and know that I have changed.
It's the colors you have
No need to be sad.
It really ain't that bad.
It's the colors you have
No need to be sad.
You've still got your health.
So mistress, mistress have you been up to the roof?
He shot himself, self
There's blood on the wall
'cause he couldn't face the truth.
Oh, knock that down, leave the ground and find some space
And tell your friends, friends,
You'll be back again, gain
Before it's too late.
It's the colors you have
No need to be sad.
It really ain't that bad.
Oooooooooh, it's the colors you have
No need to be sad.
It really ain't that bad
It's the colors you have
No need to be sad.
You've still got your health.
So I am a man, man, man, man
Up, up in the air
And I float around, 'round, 'round this downtown
And know I shouldn't care.
So when you see us there out in the open road
You don't need to explain
If everything's changed
Just know that you don't know.
We call it life
Oh yeah, that's what we call it.
We can't call it at all.
We call it life
Oh yeah, that's what we call it.
When you can't call it at all.
Yeah, we call it
Oh yeah that's what we call it.
(oooooooooohhhhh)
We do it for love, sweet love.
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"Colours" as written by Hannah Hooper Christian Zucconi
Lyrics © Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.
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It's not just acceptance of who you are, but also who you used to be, and to accept the fact that you have changed and will probably continue to change for your entire life. I also get a feel that there's a bit of outward acceptance here (of other people, or that other people change), but that's probably just me because I can't really point to any specific lyrics.
And suddenly a light appears inside his brain,
And emits light upon all his memories
And knows that he has changed.
Plain and simple...
He's not doing LSD, silly gooses!
if you'd done acid, you know that self-discovery, letting go, being comfortable with who you are and becoming a different, more evolved person (basically everything described in the lyrics) are part of the experience.
oh, and there's lots of colors.
you should try it sometime, it's awesome and not at all hazardous to your health, despite what the propaganda says.
I cannot say for certain that this song is about a psychoactive substance to begin with, but comparison of the two, but although LSD does involve a lot of laughing, I would say mushrooms are definitely a better advised trip all round (particularly fresh).
So when you see me flyin' by the planet's moon
You don't need to explain if everything's changed
Just know I'm just like you
With all the hysteria about gays destroying the world he just wants you to know they're people just like everyone else. Different, sure, but the same nonetheless.
So I pull this switch
The switch, the switch inside my head
And I see black black, green and brown brown brown brown,
And blue yellow violet's red
This could be sarcasm directed at the people who believe its a choice. Either way he sees his colors for what they are.
And suddenly a light appears inside my brain
And I think of my ways, I think of my days
And know that I have changed
The sudden epiphany where you realize you're a completely different person from a couple years ago, perhaps he didn't accept himself before but now he's no longer ashamed of being gay. Doesn't have to relate but thats how I see it.
So mistress, mistress
Have you been up to the roof?
He shot himself self, there's blood on the wall
'Cause he couldn't face the truth
This one just seemed weird until I realized it could be about the gay men who spend their whole lives denying who they are and trying to live a more acceptable charade, only to end up cheating on their wives (hence the use of the word mistress) and committing suicide.
Oh knock that down, leave the ground and find some space
And tell your friends friends, you'll be back again gain
Before it's too late
This is like a bit of friendly advice. Forget about your current troubles and try to think things through before you do anything drastic. The telling your friends part is pretty important when you feel suicidal. I think the "before its too late" speaks for itself.
Que chorus about accepting yourself, its not so bad at least you're healthy yadda yadda
So when you see us there, there out in the open road
You don't need to explain if everything's changed
Just know that you don't know
I think this is telling people who are afraid of acknowledging gay rights (or even gay people in general) and who think gay marriage is the beginning of the end of the moral fabric of society that you really don't know what's going to happen. No one does, but that's life, its unpredictable. Then at the outro he says "Yeah we call it... love". It's life, it's love. You may think it's hell on Earth but people are going to have to accept that this is real and its here to stay so deal with it.
Here are the ACTUAL lyrics:
Yeah I am a man, man man man
Up up in the air
And I run around round round, round this town town
And act like I don't care
So when you see me flyin' by the planet's moon
You don't need to explain if everything's changed
Just know I'm just like you
Huh, ha (x4)
(ahhhh-ahhh-ahh)
So I pull this switch
The switch, the switch inside my head
And I see black black, green and brown brown brown brown,
And blue yellow violet's red
And suddenly a light appears inside my brain
And I think of my ways, I think of my days
And know that I have changed
It's the colours you have
No need to be sad
It really ain't that bad
It's the colours you have
No need to be sad
You still got your health
So mistress, mistress
Have you been up to the roof?
He shot himself self, there's blood on the wall
'Cause he couldn't face the truth
Oh knock that down, leave the ground and find some space
And tell your friends friends, you'll be back again gain
Before it's too late
It's the colours you have
No need to be sad
It really ain't that bad
(woaaaah)
It's the colours you have
No need to be sad
It really ain't that bad
It's the colours you have
No need to be sad
You still got your health
So I am a man, man man man
Up up in the air
And I float around round round, round this town town
And know I shouldn't care
So when you see us there, there out in the open road
You don't need to explain if everything's changed
Just know that you don't know
We call it... life
Oh yeah that's what we call it
We can't call it hell
Yeah we call it... life
Ho yeah that's what we call it
When you can't call it hell-ohhh
Yeah we call it... love
That's right we call it... love
We do it for love
Sweet love
"you've still got your hands."
I was so curious I tweeted at them and they answered!