Black and White People Lyrics
Everybody has those days
Where one soft sweet song's
Just enough to clear my head
Is anybody left there sane?
If we slide on over and accept fate
Then it's bound to be a powerful thing
Can we talk about it
It's getting so damn creepy
Just nursing this ghost of chance
The fiction, the romance
And the Technicolor dreams
Of black and white people
Thinks that living here's just plain
He's pushed down so hard
You can hear him start to sink
You hold on boy, 'cause
You won't go down like this
Just roll over
Lay down till
It's more than you can take
Can we talk about it?
It's getting so damn creepy
Just nursing this ghost of chance
The fiction, the romance
And the Technicolor dreams
Of black and white people
And everybody's changing
And one soft sweet sound
Is just enough to clear my head
Can we talk about it?
It's getting so damn creepy
Just nursing this ghost of chance
The fiction, the romance
And the Technicolor dreams
Of black and white people
Can we talk about it?
It's getting so damn creepy
Just nursing this ghost of chance
The fiction, the romance
And the Technicolor dreams
Of black and white people
We are black and white people
We are black and white people
Well, he said on Storytellers that it means when you're down, you seem black and white, but the people around you seem to be in technicolor and once you listen to the song after knowing that, it seems so incredibly clear.
i think its about people accepting reality and even though they wouldn't admit it, they do have big goals and dreams. then they meet someone who gives them a chance to become who they want to be.
Thank you fragile child, I didn't know it was included in Storytellers!!!
Hands up who thinks it's about race issues...
Nope
Nope
I think this is about something similar to what fragile child said, it's about when you feel like there's no color in your life - black and white - and you're just trying to make it through the day. "The technicolor dreams of black and white people" is a line that gives it away for me, that we're living this colorless existance sometimes and we dream of truly living in real color.
I swear, when I first listened to this song, it was like Rob Thomas had some crystal ball and has been watching me for the part few months. This song is RIGHT on for me lately. To me, it's talking about how sometimes you just feel so fucked up, but you're holding onto one chance of getting out. After a while though, it starts to seem hopeless, and still the "technicolor people" go on with their happy lives. Yet you still can't give up, like the "One boy headstrong" verse says.
Amazing.
i think the fragile chils is RIGHT on the money! very true....think about it- then listen to the song....everything becomes clear! "it's so simple"