El Greco
Paula Cole"El Greco" is a song by Paula Cole, released in 2007 in the Pop genre. The song is 3:47 long and contains 37 lines and 267 words.
Lyrics
0:09I'm black on blacker velvet
0:11Milk skin and veins
0:14Like some El Greco painting
0:16So full of pain
0:18So full of longing for light of day
0:27I thought I knew who I was in the world
0:31But here I am twice blind at being born
0:35Crawling to my buried voice within
0:44And I've forgotten who I used to be
0:52And I've forgotten the woman in red
0:59Living her dream
1:01And I've forgotten the courage I used to be
1:19Happiness is overrated
1:21It never lasts
1:23Skating the surface of oceanic depths
1:28Oh may the fruit of my life be meaning
1:37So please forgive me all my seriousness
1:40My so-called spirituality
1:43I'm just a mess
1:45I'm tears and anxiety
1:48But I'm unafraid to See
1:53And I've forgotten who I used to be
2:02The leader in her glory shining divining
2:11And I've forgotten the courage I used to be
2:20The middle passage is so damned humbling persona crumbling
2:29I don't know I don't know I don't know I don't know I don't know
2:37And I try and I try and I try and I try and I try
2:45I don't know I don't know I don't know I don't know I don't know
2:54And I try and I try and I try and I try and I try
3:04Like some El Greco painting
3:06No sun or sky
3:08No lantern no candle needed to light
3:12The holy radiance behind the eyes
3:21And I've forgotten who I used to be
3:29And I've forgotten the woman in red living her dream
3:38And I've forgotten the courage I used to be
3:47I don't know
I'm black on blacker velvet Milk skin and veins Like some El Greco painting So full of pain So full of longing for light of day I thought I knew who I was in the world But here I am twice blind at being born Crawling to my buried voice within And I've forgotten who I used to be And I've forgotten the woman in red Living her dream And I've forgotten the courage I used to be Happiness is overrated It never lasts Skating the surface of oceanic depths Oh may the fruit of my life be meaning So please forgive me all my seriousness My so-called spirituality I'm just a mess I'm tears and anxiety But I'm unafraid to See And I've forgotten who I used to be The leader in her glory shining divining And I've forgotten the courage I used to be The middle passage is so damned humbling persona crumbling I don't know I don't know I don't know I don't know I don't know And I try and I try and I try and I try and I try I don't know I don't know I don't know I don't know I don't know And I try and I try and I try and I try and I try Like some El Greco painting No sun or sky No lantern no candle needed to light The holy radiance behind the eyes And I've forgotten who I used to be And I've forgotten the woman in red living her dream And I've forgotten the courage I used to be I don't know
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