Shampoo

Elvis Perkins in Dearland

Sweep up, little sweeper boy
It's you who's got the wig on here
Sweep up, little sweeper boy, sweep up

Yellow is the color of my true love's crossbow
Yellow is the color of the sun
And black is the color of
A strangled rainbow
That's the color of my lung
Black is the color of my true love's arrow
That's the color of a human's blood

You got a shot o-o-o-of shampoo
Though it was made thirty years ago
Yeah, you still got a shot o-o-o-of shampoo
Though you were made twenty years ago

Speak up, little sweeper boy
They are hard of hearing
Anything that anyone has to say

Well, I say
Yellow is the color of my true love's crossbow
Yellow like the color of the sun
And, black is the color of
A strangled rainbow
Just the color of my lung
Black is the color of my true love's arrow
Exactly the color of my blood

But I don't want to die
I-I-I'll never die, tomorrow maybe (however dark tomorrow may be)
Above me a perfect square of sky
You are worth your weight in gold, you are worth your weight in sorrow, baby
Though you will never know why


Lyrics submitted by nausikaä, edited by Eliad

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    Okay, so in one of his interviews he stated that this song is a metaphysical love song... so with that:

    • He's stating that his lover, as a person [crossbow]is loving, warm, open hearted [yellow].
    • But then he is comparing things such as death, a strangled rainbow, blood, etc [black] as his lover's output or just actions that s/he does [arrow]. --> Maybe he got hurt emotionally?
    • Also, it seems that things were always meant to be... becuase he states that the shampoo was made 30 years ago, yet they are only 20 yearsold. So this could either mean an arranged marriage or it was just the drift of the wind...
    • I'm still not too sure what the sweeping boy has to do with anything... hmm
    AFL1187on February 08, 2008   Link

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