5 Mar

‘Sound & Color’ by The Alabama Shakes

I slept hard on this gorgeous, wistful 3:03 minute slip of a song–in fact on this band in general. Sure I’d heard of Brittany Howard, loving how she broke all boxes that defined a rock star, Black music, Black woman. But for some reason they were on my shortlist that I never manifested. I don’t watch TV so I didn’t see the iPad Pro commercial, but after they won a couple of Grammies it was time I woke the f#$k up. Future People and Gemini are also favorites..but this…this.

 

A new world hangs outside the window
Beautiful and strange
It must be I’ve fallen awake
I must be
Sound and color with me for my mind
And the ship shows me where to go when I needn’t speak

Not far now
Not far now
Not far now
Far far now
Far far far
Far out…

Sound and color
With me in my mind
Sound and color
Try to keep yourself awake
Sound and color
This life ain’t like it was
Sound and color
I wanna touch a human being
Sound and color
I want to go back to sleep
Sound and color
Ain’t life just awful strange
Sound and color
You wish you never gave it all away
Sound and color
No more to see the setting of the sun
Sound and color
Life in…
Sound and color
Life in…
Sound and color
Love in…
Sound and color
Sound and color
Sound and color

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