Genre & Style : Alternative pop/indie - soothing/reflective style. The sound of the song is very positive with high chords in the instrumental although the lyrical content of the song depicts it as being about a negative experience with the characters feeling down rather than high like its musical composition.
length : 4 minutes 9 seconds
Pace : slow pace in first verse with a gradual buildup as the pre chorus begins leading to a medium paced chorus with fast paced undertones. This pacing is repeated throughout the songs duration
Meaning : love can cause destruction and the extent of your infatuation with someone will increase the extent of sadness you have when the relationship with them has ended. Another message in the song linking to its lyrical pattern is that Love has alternative routes as the song has alternative lines in each chorus.
Narrative : The story is partially explained through the use of its theme of color.The song tells the story of a boy who our narrator ( Halsey ) describes as depressed and addicted to drugs ( grey ). She explains her feelings towards him which include empathy,love and fear expressing her love,awe and infatuation with his physicality,attitude and the feeling he leaves her with ( which are blue ). Despite him being metaphorically ripped due to his addiction to drug she still views him as a beautiful creation dwelling in his emotions and thoughts to understand him better as she views him as a work of art or color. Once the two characters become involved with each other their colors intertwine ( grey and blue ) to become purple which essentially isn't for him ( they weren't meant to be/ do not intertwine as colors or people successfully ) reversing him back to grey ( the peak of his sadness and destruction ) . In the end of the song Halsey repeats how everything is blue to present her overwhelming emotion of being ' blue ' ( sadness ) over leaving him and feeling a lack of fulfilment. As blue is previously mentioned to describe how the male character is ( unbalanced ) she is ending the story with everything being unbalanced and " devoid of color ". His feelings,Her feelings and their relationship. Unbalanced.
Impressions : the song delivers the emotion of sadness,depression and love along with the issue of drugs and feeling a lack of fulfilment in life. The song makes me feel empathy for the female character as she has tried her hardest to fill fulfilled and make the relationship she dreamed of work. I also feel empathetic towards the male character as he is described as having a ' bad ' life and following the dark path of life and seems to be stuck there.
Imagery and semiotics : the songs title and main theme which is Colors are used to symbolise the emotional status of characters, in example the female character is described as viewing everything as blue which is a color associated with sadness. When the female character becomes involved with the male character described as grey or depressed they become purple and the male character decides that purple isn't for him. The intertwining of their colors grey and blue creating purple could symbolise them being unbalanced. In the lyrics " now he's so devoid of color he dont know what it means and he's blue and makes me blue " Halsey is describing how he has been so many colors ( felt so many different emotions ) that he is now uncertain of his color or emotion. She is further explaining how him previously being " blue " has caused her to now become blue/sad. As previously mentioned, the line " Everything is blue " is repeated 4 times at the end of the song to emphasise on her sadness due to the conclusion of the song and their breakup.
a copy of the lyrics are below
Your little brother never tells you but he loves you so
You said your mother only smiled on her TV show
You're only happy when your sorry head is filled with dope
I hope you make it to the day you're 28 years old
You're dripping like a saturated sunrise
[Alternative version:] You're dripping like a saturated sunlight
You're spilling like an overflowing sink
You're ripped at every edge but you're a masterpiece
And now you're tearing through the pages and the ink
[Alternative version:] And now I'm tearing through the pages and the ink
Everything is blue
[Alternative version:] Everything was blue
His pills, his hands, his jeans
And now I'm covered in the colors
Pulled apart at the seams
And it's blue
[Alternative version:] And makes me blue
And it's blue
[Alternative version:] And makes me blue
Everything is grey
[Alternative version:] Everything was grey
His hair, his smoke, his dreams
[Alternative version:] His hair, his smokes, his dreams
And now he's so devoid of color
He don't know what it means
[Alternative version:] Doesn't know what it means
And he's blue
[Alternative version:] And makes me blue
And he's blue
[Alternative version:] And makes me blue
You were a vision in the morning when the light came through
[Alternative version:] You were a vision in the morning when the lights came through
I know I've only felt religion when I've lied with you
[Alternative version:] I know I've only feel religion when I'm lying with you
You said you'll never be forgiven 'til your boys are too
And I'm still waking every morning but it's not with you
You're dripping like a saturated sunrise
[Alternative version:] You're dripping like a saturated sunlight
You're spilling like an overflowing sink
You're ripped at every edge but you're a masterpiece
And now you're tearing through the pages and the ink
[Alternative version:] And now I'm tearing through the pages and the ink
Everything is blue
[Alternative version:] Everything was blue
His pills, his hands, his jeans
And now I'm covered in the colors
Pulled apart at the seams
[Alternative version:] Torn apart at the seams
And it's blue
[Alternative version:] And makes me blue
You said your mother only smiled on her TV show
You're only happy when your sorry head is filled with dope
I hope you make it to the day you're 28 years old
You're dripping like a saturated sunrise
[Alternative version:] You're dripping like a saturated sunlight
You're spilling like an overflowing sink
You're ripped at every edge but you're a masterpiece
And now you're tearing through the pages and the ink
[Alternative version:] And now I'm tearing through the pages and the ink
Everything is blue
[Alternative version:] Everything was blue
His pills, his hands, his jeans
And now I'm covered in the colors
Pulled apart at the seams
And it's blue
[Alternative version:] And makes me blue
And it's blue
[Alternative version:] And makes me blue
Everything is grey
[Alternative version:] Everything was grey
His hair, his smoke, his dreams
[Alternative version:] His hair, his smokes, his dreams
And now he's so devoid of color
He don't know what it means
[Alternative version:] Doesn't know what it means
And he's blue
[Alternative version:] And makes me blue
And he's blue
[Alternative version:] And makes me blue
You were a vision in the morning when the light came through
[Alternative version:] You were a vision in the morning when the lights came through
I know I've only felt religion when I've lied with you
[Alternative version:] I know I've only feel religion when I'm lying with you
You said you'll never be forgiven 'til your boys are too
And I'm still waking every morning but it's not with you
You're dripping like a saturated sunrise
[Alternative version:] You're dripping like a saturated sunlight
You're spilling like an overflowing sink
You're ripped at every edge but you're a masterpiece
And now you're tearing through the pages and the ink
[Alternative version:] And now I'm tearing through the pages and the ink
Everything is blue
[Alternative version:] Everything was blue
His pills, his hands, his jeans
And now I'm covered in the colors
Pulled apart at the seams
[Alternative version:] Torn apart at the seams
And it's blue
[Alternative version:] And makes me blue
And it's blue
[Alternative version:] And makes me blue
Everything is grey
[Alternative version:] Everything was grey
His hair, his smoke, his dreams
[Alternative version:] His hair, his smokes, his dreams
And now he's so devoid of color
He don't know what it means
[Alternative version:] Doesn't know what it means
And he's blue
[Alternative version:] And makes me blue
And he's blue
[Alternative version:] And makes me blue
Everything is blue
Everything is blue
Everything is blue
Everything is blue
You were red and you liked me 'cause I was blue
[Alternative version:] You were red and you liked me because I was blue
You touched me and suddenly I was a lilac sky
And you decided purple just wasn't for you
Everything is blue
His pills, his hands, his jeans
And now I'm covered in the colors
Pulled apart at the seams
[Alternative version:] Torn apart at the seams
And it's blue
[Alternative version:] And makes me blue
And it's blue
[Alternative version:] And makes me blue
Everything is grey
His hair, his smoke, his dreams
[Alternative version:] His hair, his smokes, his dreams
And now he's so devoid of color
He don't know what it means
[Alternative version:] Doesn't know what it means
And he's blue
[Alternative version:] And makes me blue
And he's blue
[Alternative version:] And makes me blue
Everything is blue [4x]
[Alternative version:] Everything was blue [2x]
[Alternative version:] And makes me blue
Everything is grey
[Alternative version:] Everything was grey
His hair, his smoke, his dreams
[Alternative version:] His hair, his smokes, his dreams
And now he's so devoid of color
He don't know what it means
[Alternative version:] Doesn't know what it means
And he's blue
[Alternative version:] And makes me blue
And he's blue
[Alternative version:] And makes me blue
Everything is blue
Everything is blue
Everything is blue
Everything is blue
You were red and you liked me 'cause I was blue
[Alternative version:] You were red and you liked me because I was blue
You touched me and suddenly I was a lilac sky
And you decided purple just wasn't for you
Everything is blue
His pills, his hands, his jeans
And now I'm covered in the colors
Pulled apart at the seams
[Alternative version:] Torn apart at the seams
And it's blue
[Alternative version:] And makes me blue
And it's blue
[Alternative version:] And makes me blue
Everything is grey
His hair, his smoke, his dreams
[Alternative version:] His hair, his smokes, his dreams
And now he's so devoid of color
He don't know what it means
[Alternative version:] Doesn't know what it means
And he's blue
[Alternative version:] And makes me blue
And he's blue
[Alternative version:] And makes me blue
Everything is blue [4x]
[Alternative version:] Everything was blue [2x]
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