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The Colour in Anything Lyrics
[Verse 1:]
On your island, there's no weather warning
There's no sudden showers
There's no certain powers, no
All I wanted was to carry you for aching
[Chorus:]
And how I told you what I'd do
If one day I woke and couldn't find the colour in anything
[Verse 2:]
All I thought I was worth
Was to mend things, are so breaking
And how I chased the glory
How I wanted to carry you for aching
[Chorus:]
And how I told you what I'd do
If one day I woke and couldn't find the colour in anything
[Verse 3:]
You must not be looking
You must not be trying like I'm trying
I can't always help you
But I can listen for the sounds you're making
And how I loved your story
How I wanted to follow you and paint it
[Chorus:]
And how I told you what I'd do
If one day I woke and couldn't find the colour in anything
[Outro:]
You must not be looking
You must not be trying how I'm trying
You must not be looking
You must not be trying like I'm trying
I can't always help you
On your island, there's no weather warning
There's no sudden showers
There's no certain powers, no
All I wanted was to carry you for aching
And how I told you what I'd do
If one day I woke and couldn't find the colour in anything
All I thought I was worth
Was to mend things, are so breaking
And how I chased the glory
How I wanted to carry you for aching
And how I told you what I'd do
If one day I woke and couldn't find the colour in anything
You must not be looking
You must not be trying like I'm trying
I can't always help you
But I can listen for the sounds you're making
And how I loved your story
How I wanted to follow you and paint it
And how I told you what I'd do
If one day I woke and couldn't find the colour in anything
You must not be looking
You must not be trying how I'm trying
You must not be looking
You must not be trying like I'm trying
I can't always help you
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gorgeous song.
you can't always love the ones you want.
I love this song.
I interpret this to be from the perspective of someone who cares about another person who is isolated (on your island), unpredictable (there's no weather warning), and in pain (carry you for aching). The speaker has also contemplated the possibility of their own pain (what I would do if one day I woke up and couldn't find the color in anything.) It seems to indicate that the speaker is trying to help mend or carry the person they are talking to, perhaps this is why they bring up what they would do if they couldn't find "the color in anything": to offer insight and problem solve for the other person. However it seems like the other person is "not trying" like the speaker is, who eventually comes to the conclusion "I can't always help you." The speaker sees themselves as chasing the supposed glory of helping someone, so there's this juxtaposition of seeing themselves as trying so hard and really caring but also some self deprecation in realizing there was some anticipated reward coming from the supposed selflessness.
I feel like in the end this is a song about letting go of something or someone you can't help, even with all your good intentions (were they even all that good?)