Lyrics
It was past her bedtime
She was up later than her usual bedtime
On a stormy night
It was a night with a storm
And she couldn't shut her eyes
She couldn't fall asleep
And she couldn't blow out the light
She couldn't turn off the light
So she gave up struggling
She stopped resisting and allowed the candle to burn
And let the candle burn
Hail hit her window as memories flooded her
The hail knocked her window
Her room has four blue walls, a space familiar since childhood
As her memories knocked in turn
She's unable to sleep
And her room had four blue walls
Her father denies remembering past events
They've been hers since she was small
Her mother is overwhelmed and only prays
No sleep in sight
She feels trapped as if the walls are closing in
Oh her father
A reference to her father
Is the only one
He chooses not to remember a past event
Who pretends he can't remember
Her mother is unable to take action beyond praying
What was done
Describing the enclosed feeling intensifying
And her mother
She had to confront difficulties alone
Can't find the strength
She went to a bar seeking confrontation
To do anything at all but stand and pray
She intentionally provoked a fight
In a room with four blue walls
She fought someone until they relented to her
That were closing in together
Her room symbolizes a worn-out space
'Til they got so goddamn small
They shared an intense emotional moment
That she had to brave the weather
Expressing a desire for cleansing and healing
By herself
Seeking to free herself from haunting memories
So she went to the barroom
An imaginary scenario of being flooded with water
And she picked a fight
Someone addressing her with affection, not as a daughter
He told her she was looking for trouble
She finally finds peace and sleeps
And she said "that's right"
-She was looking for an eardrum
Her room has four blue walls, an enduring symbol
So she beat him and she shoved
'Til he couldn't quite resist her when she dragged him home for love
-To a room with four blue walls
-On a floor that's worn like leather
-And the shadows fell across them
-As she held their eyes together
-And they cried
-Would you be my ocean
-Won't you be the rain
-Can a kiss from you rinse another from my brain
-Can we wash these floorboards
-Can we wash these walls
-Can I close my eyes and sleep once and for all
-In a room with four blue walls
-Filled from floor to roof with water
-And a man who calmly calls her "darling dear"
-Not "darling daughter"
-She sleeps at last
-She sleeps at last
-And her room had four blue walls
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