I paint my nails black
I dye my hair a darker shade of brown,
Because you like your women Spanish, dark,
strong and proud.
I paint the sky black,
You said if you could have your way,
You'd make a night time what a day,
So it suits the mood of your soul
Ohhh, what can I do?
Nothing, my sparrow blue
Ohhhhh, what can I do?
Life is beautiful,
But you don't have a clue
Sun and ocean blue,
They're magnificent,
It don't make sense to you
Black beauty
Ohhh oh oh
Black beauty
Ohhh oh
I paint the house black,
My wedding dress black leather, too.
You have no room for light,
Love is lost on you.
I keep my lips red,
They seem like cherries in the spring.
Darling, you can't let everything seem so dark
blue.
But, ohhh
What can I do,
To turn you on,
Or get through you?
Ohhh, what can I do?
Life is beautiful,
But you don't have a clue.
Sun and ocean blue,
They're magnificent,
It don't make sense to you.
Black beauty,
Ohhhh
Black beauty,
Ohhhh
Black beauty,
Ohhhh
Black beauty,
Ohhhh
Black bea-u-uty,
Ohhhh-oh-oh-oh-oh
Black beauty baby
Black beauty baby
Ohhhh what can I do?
Life is beautiful,
But you don't have a clue
Sun and ocean blue,
They're magnificent,
It don't make sense to you
Black beauty,
Ohhhh
Black beauty,
Ohhhh
Black beauty,
Ohhhh
Black beauty,
Ohhhh
Lana describes her methods of
darkening herself. She paints her nails
black, she dyes her hair a darker brown in hopes of appealing to the darkness
her partner loves and embodies. Lana
describes the beauties she knows the word holds and how she tries to share
those with her partner. He keeps
receding into his dark place and takes Lana with him. She dresses in black and leather. She knows he would have the night last all
day if it were up to him. She darkens
herself because of her partner, only keeping her cherry red lips to cling onto
her identity. She loves her partner
and continues to be what makes him happy, even though she knows that beauty
also exists in the light.
As Lana croons the sad words, the
listener may find it hard not to stop and listen. I find it hard. I find myself at a red light wondering if
I’ve ever painted my nails black, blue, or red because those are the colors
that someone else prefers. I know that I
have. I know that I’ve dressed in
leather, lace, or cotton even when I didn’t want to.
As I fall deeper and deeper into
thought, I realize that I’m sad and happy at the same time. Lana’s sweet voice caresses my thoughts as
they fall into place, a happy place of understanding. It sounds like Lana is no fool, though I
thought she sounded weak at first. She
knows that she’s playing in to what someone else wants. She knows that a bright life exists outside
the dark life that her partner clings to.
She’s okay with it, and, I think that she continues to love because of
it.
Her nails and her hair become darker
than they once were, something that she changes voluntarily. Lana tells of the ocean and the sun. She sings
that the world is beautiful. She knows it.
Her partner won’t know it. She
stays and continues to love the darkness that I believe she craves. If she didn’t, she would be talking about how
she left but instead, asks “What can I do?”
Have you ever wanted something that is so contrary to your own
character? Have you ever desired the
presence of someone who seems to be your opposite? I think something in us craves a
balance. This isn’t a song about a breakup. Though the melody seems so sad, I’m not sure
the song itself is meant to be so. I
hear confusion. I hear her wondering
why, through all the differences and conformities, is she still with this
partner? Maybe, just maybe, her partner is her balance, her other half. After all, I’ve often heard that we all have
a dark side.
As I read and re-read the lyrics on
various sites, there were always comments at the bottom of the page containing
someone’s perspective on this song. Most
of the posts were similar, almost never veering from the central point of
loving someone who loves the dark. Robbie Baker at wordpress.com discusses
Lana’s conformity to the darkness. A
comment on genius.com describes the symbolism of the sparrow as a sign of freedom. Even the review from the Huffington Post
claims the song is about conformity in the name of love. All were very similar except one brave soul
on songmeanings.com who made a very short point, but a very important one.
“Black Beauty” is more than just a
song, horse, or a phrase. According to
dietspotlight.com, it was a drug that hit its peak in the 70s, but ended up
getting banned in the 90s. Why? Black
Beauty was a diet pill in the form of speed.
Indulging in the drug caused a euphoric reaction, a high, and also
caused weight loss, which drew in a crowd.
Well, that changes everything,
doesn’t it? Could this sad song be about
a drug or addiction? It very well could
be. We know through television, the Internet
or even by experience that a drug can change who we are or what we want. She paints her nails black and dyes her hair
a darker shade because of the drug itself or possibly because withdraws cause
depression. She knows how beautiful the
world is but she can’t escape the addiction, this addiction that she hates that
she loves. Black Beauty makes her a
black beauty, darkening her physical attributes as well as her mind. Maybe this sad song is still about a
relationship. She’s in a bad
relationship with this drug and she cant leave.
She’s addicted.
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