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Black Rainbow Lyrics
There's a black rainbow above my house
Match the curtains and the floor
I think I'm glass I think I'm breaking it
Wrecking ball outside the door
Let the children act like furniture
For the ladies of the lawn
But I can't see them, I can't see at all.
Here it's nighttime, all the time
Bird outside the kitchen, fightin' his reflection
Tell him I got nothin' for him
Bird outside the kitchen, fightin' his reflection
What's he gonna win when he wins?
The unkissed boys and girls of paradise
Are lining up around the block
Back pockets full of dynamite
While neighbors talk and talk and talk
Bird outside the kitchen fightin' his reflection
Tell him I got nothin' for him
Bird outside the kitchen fightin' his reflection
What's he gonna win when he wins?
Throw
the phone out the window
If you want the neighbors woke
You'll have to shout out loud and set the bell and slow
If you want the neighbors woke
You'll have to shout even louder
Match the curtains and the floor
Wrecking ball outside the door
For the ladies of the lawn
Here it's nighttime, all the time
Tell him I got nothin' for him
Bird outside the kitchen, fightin' his reflection
What's he gonna win when he wins?
Are lining up around the block
Back pockets full of dynamite
While neighbors talk and talk and talk
Bird outside the kitchen fightin' his reflection
Tell him I got nothin' for him
Bird outside the kitchen fightin' his reflection
What's he gonna win when he wins?
the phone out the window
You'll have to shout out loud and set the bell and slow
You'll have to shout even louder
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"Throw the phone out the window
If you want the neighbors woke You'll have to shout out loud and set the bell and slow
If you want the neighbors woke You'll have to shout even louder "
should be:
Throw the phone out the window If you want the neighbors woke You'll have to shout out loud
And set the bed alight and slow If you want the neighbors woke You'll have to shout even louder
This album, according to her, is about Annie's struggle to communicate her problems with those around her, and not wanting to seem like a bummer all the time has to "act" through her daily life; it's about the differences between thought and action.
This one in particular focuses on being a person who is ignored by her loved ones. Her parents let her "act like furniture" so maybe making only surface contact with them and showing them off to their friends, and her friends are "fighting [their] reflection" meaning they're too worried about themselves and their image to help or be helped. That's what I got from it anyways. Also as a side note the break down at the end is insanely righteous.
She is depressed about her abusive lifestyle with her husband, feeling trapped. The bird symbolizes her internal conflict with her feeling of depression.
this song takes you into another world, almost serene, i love how she breaks it at the end of the lyrics. it gets so eerie. beautiful beautiful beautiful. her lyrics in this album look like their poking fun at everyday life.
OMG I love this song. The evil Disney witch theme at the end makes me act out crazy hand movements in the car. Its so darkly beautiful I cry. WTG Annie.
The musical break at the end of this is a highlight of the record. This is beautiful.