Paint It Black By Rolling Stones

This song is about a woman who died and her lover that is very upset. This man is obviously singing because he is depressed. He feels like everything in his world should just be black and dead as well. Everything that he sees is sad and depressing. In one of the lines it says "I see a line of cars and they're all painted black." This line is referring to hearses, and he sees them everywhere.

He also sings about how death is so unexpected and sudden sometimes that it catches you off gaurd. One line says "I could not forsee this thing happening to you." This line is saying how he didn't think that she would ever die but she did so suddenly. The lines following that say, "If I look hard enough into teh setting sun, My love will laugh with me before the morning comes." This is talking about her in heaven.

I see a red door and I want it painted black
No colors anymore I want them to turn black
I see the girls walk by dressed in their summer clothes
I have to turn my head until my darkness goes

I see a line of cars and they're all painted black
With flowers and my love, both never to come back
I see people turn their heads and quickly look away
Like a newborn baby it just happens ev'ryday

No more will my green sea go turn a deeper blue
I could not forsee this thing happening to you
If I look hard enough into the setting sun
My love will laugh with me before the morning comes
I look inside myself and see my heart is black
I see my red door and it has been painted black
Maybe then I'll fade away and not have to face the facts
It's not easy facing up when your whole world is black

I see a red door and I want it painted black
No colors anymore I want them to turn black
I see the girls walk by dressed in their summer clothes
I have to turn my head until my darkness goes

Hmm, hmm, hmm...

I wanna see it painted black, painted black
Black as night, black as coal
I wanna see the sun, blotted out from the sky
I wanna see it painted, painted, painted, painted black
Yeah

Hmm, hmm, hmm...