Pearl Jam - Black lyrics

Hey, hey yeah, uh

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

Mm, and all I taught her was everything
Mm, I know she gave me all that she wore

And now my bitter hands
Chafe beneath the clouds
Of what was everything
Oh, 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

Mm, 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, yeah
Mm, mhm, oooh

I know someday you'll have a beautiful life
I know you'll be a star
In somebody else's sky, but why
Why, why can't it be, oh, can't it be mine?
Ooh, ah yeah, ah, ooh