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As Black as Blood Is Blue Lyrics
[Verse 1]
If I could paint my delusion
I would paint it in colors bold
If I could capture illusion
I would hang it up on my wall
If I could be something other
I would slip right inside your skin
See the world as another
See the world as I never did
[Chorus 1]
I thought as black as blood is blue
It's all over the radio
My heart as black as blood is blue
It's giving me no place to go
Nowhere to hide from the light of electric soul
The light of electric soul
[Verse 2]
Something about your praises
Something about them threatening
Hold your hand like a razor
Call it love but it's cutting me
[Chorus 2]
I thought as black as blood is blue
It's all over the radio
My heart as black as blood is blue
It's giving me no place to go
There's nowhere to run
From the light of electric soul
The light of electric soul
[Bridge]
Here I
Here I
[Chorus 2]
I thought as black as blood is blue
It's all over the radio
My heart as black as blood is blue
It's giving me no place to go
There's nowhere to hide
From the light of electric soul
Nowhere to hide
From the light of electric soul
Nowhere to hide
From the light of electric soul
The light of electric soul
The light of electric soul
The light of electric soul
The light of electric soul
If I could paint my delusion
I would paint it in colors bold
If I could capture illusion
I would hang it up on my wall
If I could be something other
I would slip right inside your skin
See the world as another
See the world as I never did
I thought as black as blood is blue
It's all over the radio
My heart as black as blood is blue
It's giving me no place to go
Nowhere to hide from the light of electric soul
The light of electric soul
Something about your praises
Something about them threatening
Hold your hand like a razor
Call it love but it's cutting me
I thought as black as blood is blue
It's all over the radio
My heart as black as blood is blue
It's giving me no place to go
There's nowhere to run
From the light of electric soul
The light of electric soul
Here I
Here I
I thought as black as blood is blue
It's all over the radio
My heart as black as blood is blue
It's giving me no place to go
There's nowhere to hide
From the light of electric soul
Nowhere to hide
From the light of electric soul
Nowhere to hide
From the light of electric soul
The light of electric soul
The light of electric soul
The light of electric soul
The light of electric soul
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This song has some mystery. What comes to mind:
It could be my delusion, I would paint it in colors bold. His music is his art which comes from within. From a feeling, whether others can understand it or not. Regardless if it is an illusion, it is a feeling that he needs to express.
Music that is all over the radio seems to come from a different place. He is willing to slip into someone elses shoes to understand what makes them tick, because he really does not understand surface level music that follows a formula or takes a paint-by-numbers approach. What is the point of self expression if you are jumping through corporate hoops to get your songs on the radio.
There is no place to go with the light of electric soul. This could be a metaphor that says the true beauty and power of music, or any other art form really, comes directly from the heart or a place that is deep within your soul.