Black Keys is one very brilliantly written song, in part because of the use of the metaphor, the 'black keys'.
The song is about a girl that the writer (Nick) had dated, been friends with, etc. that he only saw one side of. The side he saw was this 'perfect rainbow' he speaks of.
The 'black keys' metaphor comes in when she leaves, and he begins to learn these things about her. He learns the sharps and flats about her, (i.e. the sun proves that the world doesn't revolve around someone, and the sky lets her keep her pride). If you play piano, or even if you don't, (I did until I turned 3), you'd probably know that the black keys are the sharps and flats.
So it basically means that what he saw were the white keys, the beautiful rainbow about the girl, but he never saw the black keys. And now he's saying that he thinks the black keys are probably the most beautiful thing about her.
Now, this last part is a stretch, but I believe that it may be the meaning. The first part, 'the colors fade to gray' once she's gone, means that she was kind of like the color in his life. Now that she's gone, however, thats when Nick starts noticing the black keys.
That ties in with the last part, 'sometimes a fight is better black and white'. He realizes that it was better if he hadn't seen her as a perfect rainbow. If he'd seen those black keys, maybe the fights would've been easier, and maybe she wouldn't have left.
Even if you don't get the metaphor, its still a great song :)
Black Keys is one very brilliantly written song, in part because of the use of the metaphor, the 'black keys'. The song is about a girl that the writer (Nick) had dated, been friends with, etc. that he only saw one side of. The side he saw was this 'perfect rainbow' he speaks of. The 'black keys' metaphor comes in when she leaves, and he begins to learn these things about her. He learns the sharps and flats about her, (i.e. the sun proves that the world doesn't revolve around someone, and the sky lets her keep her pride). If you play piano, or even if you don't, (I did until I turned 3), you'd probably know that the black keys are the sharps and flats. So it basically means that what he saw were the white keys, the beautiful rainbow about the girl, but he never saw the black keys. And now he's saying that he thinks the black keys are probably the most beautiful thing about her. Now, this last part is a stretch, but I believe that it may be the meaning. The first part, 'the colors fade to gray' once she's gone, means that she was kind of like the color in his life. Now that she's gone, however, thats when Nick starts noticing the black keys. That ties in with the last part, 'sometimes a fight is better black and white'. He realizes that it was better if he hadn't seen her as a perfect rainbow. If he'd seen those black keys, maybe the fights would've been easier, and maybe she wouldn't have left.
Even if you don't get the metaphor, its still a great song :)
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Jezzica
That makes a lot of sense, thanks :)
That makes a lot of sense, thanks :)