Bold as Love (Jimi Hendrix Experience cover) Lyrics

Lyric discussion by DJ Hooner 

Cover art for Bold as Love (Jimi Hendrix Experience cover) lyrics by John Mayer

Could the reason that John Mayer covered this song was because both John Mayer and Jimi Hendrix have synesthisia?

Where did you hear John had synesthisia? I've never heard that, not to say you are wrong. I like to keep tabs on my John info. lol :^P

That makes alot of sense actually... most of the lyrics in the song describe personified versions of different colours like "My red is so confident he flashes trophies of war And ribbons of euphoria. Orange is young, full of daring but very unsteady for the first go 'round" He associates a certain feeling to a colour, which is exactly what the effects of synesthesia have on your brain. One cognitive pathway that is stimulated for colour, triggers a different pathway that would be connected to feelings such as confidence or the eagerness of the youth. so the two different sensations come...