Black -- Pearl Jam

Sheets of empty canvas, untouched sheets of clay
Were laid spread out before me as her body once did.
All five horizons revolved around her soul As the earth to the sun
Now the air I tasted and breathed has taken a turn

and all I taught her was everything  I know she gave me all that she wore And now my bitter hands chafe beneath the clouds
Of what was everything.  the pictures have all been washed in black, tattooed everything...

I take a walk outside  I'm surrounded by some kids at play
I can feel their laughter, so why do I sear  and twisted thoughts that spin round my head  I'm spinning, oh, I'm spinning
How quick the sun can drop away

And now my bitter hands cradle broken glass  Of what was everything
All the pictures have all been washed in black, tattooed everything...
All the love gone bad turned my world to black
Tattooed all I see, all that I am, all I'll be..
I know someday you'll have a beautiful life,
I know you'll be a sun in somebody else's sky, but why
Why, why can't it be, can't it be mine                    (sing365)


 written by guitarist Stone Gossard, "Black" is a soliloquy by a broken-hearted man, who is remembering his absent lover.       (wikipedia)