I think much like another song “Anti-Matter” (that's also on the same album as this song), this one is also is inspired by a horrifying van crash the band experienced on Nov 3, 2022. This, much like the other track, sounds like it's an extension what they shared while huddled in the wreckage, as they helped frontman Garrett Russell stem the bleeding from his head wound while he was under the temporary effects of a concussion. The track speaks of where the mind goes at the most desperate & desolate of times, when it just about slips away to all but disconnect itself, and the aftermath.
Color in sky Prussian Blue
Scarlet fleece changes hue
Crimson ball sinks from view
[Chorus]
Wear your love like heaven
Wear your love like heaven
Wear your love like heaven
Lord kiss me once more
Fill me with song
Allah! Kiss me once more
That I may, that I may
[Chorus 2]
Wear my love like heaven
Wear my love like heaven
Wear my love like heaven
Color sky Havana Lake
Color sky rose carmethene
Alazarian crimson
[Chorus]
Lord kiss me once more
Allah! Fill me with song
Kiss me once more
That I may, That I may
[Chorus 2]
Lord kiss me once more
Fill me with song
Allah! Kiss me once more
That I may, thatI may
[Chorus 2]
Cannot believe what I see
All I have wished for will be
All of our race proud and free
[Chorus]
Lord kiss me once more
Fill me with song
Allah! Kiss me once more
That I may, That I may
[Chorus 2]
Karma!
Karma!
Scarlet fleece changes hue
Crimson ball sinks from view
[Chorus]
Wear your love like heaven
Wear your love like heaven
Wear your love like heaven
Lord kiss me once more
Fill me with song
Allah! Kiss me once more
That I may, that I may
[Chorus 2]
Wear my love like heaven
Wear my love like heaven
Wear my love like heaven
Color sky Havana Lake
Color sky rose carmethene
Alazarian crimson
[Chorus]
Lord kiss me once more
Allah! Fill me with song
Kiss me once more
That I may, That I may
[Chorus 2]
Lord kiss me once more
Fill me with song
Allah! Kiss me once more
That I may, thatI may
[Chorus 2]
Cannot believe what I see
All I have wished for will be
All of our race proud and free
[Chorus]
Lord kiss me once more
Fill me with song
Allah! Kiss me once more
That I may, That I may
[Chorus 2]
Karma!
Karma!
Lyrics submitted by perfectandslow, edited by MusicFan555, Loraqs
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HEAVEN....not heavan, geeeee look it up!
Since editing the lyrics on here is not working for me here are the correct lyrics:
Color in sky, prussian blue Scarlet fleece changes hue Crimson ball sinks from view Wear your love like heaven (Wear your love like) Wear your love like heaven (Wear your love like) Wear your love like heaven (Wear your love)
Lord, kiss me once more Fill me with song Allah, kiss me once more That I may, that I may Wear my love like heaven (Wear my love like) Wear my love like heaven (Wear my love) La-la, la-la-la, la-la-la, la-la-la
Color sky, havana lake Color sky, rose carmethene Alizarin crimson Wear your love like heaven (Wear your love like) Wear your love like heaven (Wear your love like) Wear your love like heaven (Wear your love)
Lord, kiss me once more Fill me with song Allah, kiss me once more That I may, that I may Wear my love like heaven (Wear my love like) Wear my love like heaven (Wear my love) La-la, la-la-la, la-la-la, la-la-la
Cannot believe what I see All I have wished for will be All our race proud and free Wear your love like heaven (Wear your love like) Wear your love like heaven (Wear your love like) Wear your love like heaven (Wear your love)
Lord, kiss me once more Fill me with song Allah, kiss me once more That I may, that I may Wear my love like heaven (Wear my love like) Wear my love like heaven (Wear my love) Carmine Carmine
i love that simpsons episode but i dont like the way it makes pot looks bad by tripping you out and shit.
thats what lsd and shrooms do not pot
The drug effects description is very likely true. And I'll admit I don't know much about the group Donovan (in fact I FIRST heard this song in that very simpsons episode talked about previously). But I'll take a stab and add my two cents.
Notice the singer talks about a bunch of different colors, and in the end he says "all our race..." ? I think he is making overtures towards the unity of all mankind. Of all races.
"Wear my love like heaven" - The heavans look down on all mankind, regardless of race or color. So if you wear your love LIKE that, you will love and respect all humanity. And while "All our race" could refer to one particulatr ethnicity, to me it sounds like he's talking about all the HUMAN race. Everyon being free and proud of who they are.
Just my take, maybe I'm being too optomistic...
"by Tony_P 5000 on 08-10-2005 @ 01:24:11 PM
He's actually on about taking marajuana and this is the effect that it has on him he goes into a world full of colours . "
hahahahahahahahahaa yeah okay. i wish pot did that.
It's "heaven", not "heavan". Jesus.
He's actually on about taking marajuana and this is the effect that it has on him he goes into a world full of colours .
Since when does pot change into colors around you? lol too much
Has anyone seen the simpsons episode where homer gets the medicinal marijuana? all the colors and shit when hes triping out and floats off to work. they have this song in the backround.... Once when i was bikeing home this summer from smoking weed when the sun was seting made it look like that and i started singing the song. i really do like donovan
those are some pretty interesting thoughts TsingTao.
Btw Donovan is just one person Donovan Leitch, and if your not familiar with him, you should definitely check out some of his other stuff
My parents were out of town so I lent my spare key to a friend so we could use it as a home base. I ended up not getting home one night, and apparently he and another friend got completely baked and came back to my room, where I'd left the CD player and lavalamp on. On the way home, the guest of my friend (an aquaintance of mine) had a flashback to a bad trip... they lay down on my bed, and apparently Donovan mellowed him the hell out. Donovan is my messiah.