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Dressed In Black Lyrics
I had given up
I didn't know who to trust, oh
So I designed a shell
Kept me from Heaven and Hell, oh
And I had hit a low
Was all I let myself know, yeah
Yeah I had locked my heart
I was imprisoned by dark (I was imprisoned by dark)
You found me dressed in black
Hiding way up at the back
Life had broken my heart into pieces
You took my hand in yours
You started breaking down my walls
And you covered my heart in kisses
I thought life passed me by
Missed my tears, ignored my cries
Life had broken my heart, my spirit
And then you crossed my path
You quelled my fears, you made me laugh
Then you covered my heart in kisses
I was down for the count
Yes I was down, I was out, oh ooh
And I had lost it all
Yes I was scared, I was torn oh
And I took to the night
I'd given in to the fight oh ooh
And I slipped further down
I felt like I had drowned
You found me dressed in black
Hiding way up at the back
Life had broken my heart into pieces
You took my hand in yours
You started breaking down my walls
And you covered my heart in kisses
I thought life passed me by
Missed my tears, ignored my cries
Life had broken my heart, my spirit
And then you crossed my path
You quelled my fears, you made me laugh
Then you covered my heart in kisses
I was hopeless and broken, you opened the door for me
Yeah I was hiding and you let the light in and now I see
That you do for the wounded, what they couldn't seem to, you set them free
Like a butterfly kissing a child with an eye for the minor key yeah
You found me dressed in black
Hiding way up at the back
Life had broken my heart into pieces
You took my hand in yours
You started breaking down my walls
And you covered my heart in kisses
I thought life passed me by
Missed my tears, ignored my cries
Life had broken my heart, my spirit
And then you crossed my path
You quelled my fears, you made me laugh
Then you covered my heart in kisses
Covered my heart in kisses
I didn't know who to trust, oh
So I designed a shell
Kept me from Heaven and Hell, oh
And I had hit a low
Was all I let myself know, yeah
Yeah I had locked my heart
I was imprisoned by dark (I was imprisoned by dark)
Hiding way up at the back
Life had broken my heart into pieces
You took my hand in yours
You started breaking down my walls
And you covered my heart in kisses
I thought life passed me by
Missed my tears, ignored my cries
Life had broken my heart, my spirit
And then you crossed my path
You quelled my fears, you made me laugh
Then you covered my heart in kisses
Yes I was down, I was out, oh ooh
And I had lost it all
Yes I was scared, I was torn oh
And I took to the night
I'd given in to the fight oh ooh
And I slipped further down
I felt like I had drowned
Hiding way up at the back
Life had broken my heart into pieces
You took my hand in yours
You started breaking down my walls
And you covered my heart in kisses
I thought life passed me by
Missed my tears, ignored my cries
Life had broken my heart, my spirit
And then you crossed my path
You quelled my fears, you made me laugh
Then you covered my heart in kisses
Yeah I was hiding and you let the light in and now I see
That you do for the wounded, what they couldn't seem to, you set them free
Like a butterfly kissing a child with an eye for the minor key yeah
Hiding way up at the back
Life had broken my heart into pieces
You took my hand in yours
You started breaking down my walls
And you covered my heart in kisses
I thought life passed me by
Missed my tears, ignored my cries
Life had broken my heart, my spirit
And then you crossed my path
You quelled my fears, you made me laugh
Then you covered my heart in kisses
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Call me crazy, but I feel like this song is about finding God, some kind of higher power. Just think about it. And God, this song is so beautiful on so many levels. Oh, Sia.
@zelka yeah that makes sense only in the verse with the butterfly lyrics. talking about seeing the light, saving the wounded etc
@zelka yeah that makes sense only in the verse with the butterfly lyrics. talking about seeing the light, saving the wounded etc
@zelka The more i read the lyrics it makes more sense! it really is about finding god! finding god makes you happy if you were always used to depressing negative shit. god is a BUTTERFLY that kisses a child with (eye for the minor key)
@zelka The more i read the lyrics it makes more sense! it really is about finding god! finding god makes you happy if you were always used to depressing negative shit. god is a BUTTERFLY that kisses a child with (eye for the minor key)
a child with an eye for the minor key? Anyone?
Minor notes sound darker. So having an eye for the minor key might mean a having a tendency towards darkness/sadness.
Minor notes sound darker. So having an eye for the minor key might mean a having a tendency towards darkness/sadness.
Think of the butterfly and the life cycle it goes through. (metamorphosis) she starts off as a heartbroken lonely caterpillar, and gives up on life only to hide in a shell (so i designed a shell) and then when she meets this new love that finds her hiding in the dark way in the back. her walls of the shell start breaking down because of that and then she is transformed into a butterfly. the whole song is summed up with the butterfly kissing a child with an eye for the minor key (minor key in music usually sounds sad and depressing) so pretty much giving a new life to someone who has only seen negative shit her whole life (eye for the minor key)\ im really stoned and this took me 4 years to figure this out because that buttefly line has been stuck in my head EVERYDAY FOR YEARS!!
I think this song might be about her finding her husband, or more likely him finding her. Earlier in her career the love of her life was killed in a car accident or something akin to that, I believe the part where she says "I thought life passed me by, missed my tears, ignored my cries"
considering sia lost his first boyfriend to a car accident he had maybe that is why she was dressed in black. Or recovering from herself and her problems as if hr soul was of mourning.