In Colour
Unveiling the Bittersweet Palette: Departures' 'In Colour' Meaning
Lyrics
I can remember the taste
I have a memory of the sensation or flavor
That morning your heart fell from my hands
That moment when your love or emotions slipped away from my control
I can still see your face
I can recall seeing your visage or expression
And the way my soul fell as I let you go
And how deeply I felt inside as I allowed you to depart
The sun never touches us
Despite being unreachable, the sunlight metaphorically enters my space
Still it climbs through my windows
It penetrates through my windows despite my attempt to conceal
I let the night cover us
I allowed darkness to envelop us
Because it knew our names so well
Because it was intimately familiar with our identities
All our colours were so bright
Our personalities or characteristics were vivid and vibrant
Still the sun never touched us
Yet, despite this brightness, the sunlight didn't touch us
But the night would cover us
Only the darkness provided cover for us
It knew our names so well
It intimately understood who we were
We made a friend of the night's sky
We developed a connection with the night sky
Casting long shadows in the moonlight
Casting elongated shadows in the moon's glow
But that͛s not how it ended
However, that wasn't the conclusion
That's not how I thought I'd
It wasn't the way I anticipated handling
Deal with the pain i was looking at you
Coping with the emotional distress while looking at you
You were looking at me
As you gazed back at me
And we knew we weren't the same
We acknowledged our differences
The sun began to rise on us
The sun started to emerge for us
It climbed through our windows
It entered through our windows
The night couldn't cover us
The darkness couldn't shield us anymore
It had forgotten our names
It had forgotten our identities
The sun had swallowed our night
The sunlight overpowered our night
It showed us who we really were
Revealing our true selves
We hoped for the best
We were optimistic
But all our colours started to run
But our vibrant personalities started to fade
We walked down your old street
We traversed through a familiar street of yours
And all our colours started to run
And our vibrant personalities began to fade away
Following signs into our older life
Following indications leading to our past life
Our colours bled into each other
Our distinct characteristics merged
Until there was nothing left
Until they disappeared entirely
You go down that old street
You journeyed down that familiar street
Following signs into an older life
Pursuing traces of a previous life
Your drive down that old street
You drove through that street again
And all you remember was the taste
And all that remains in your memory is the sensation
It's such a bitter taste
The feeling is extremely unpleasant
We let our colours run and
We allowed our individuality to merge and blend
Bleed into each other
Until they intermixed completely
When I look at all we've done
Reflecting on everything we accomplished
It's just the taste is all that's left
Only the sensation remains as the reminder of our experiences
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