new interpretation of Black

MarvelousMan

I once read that "all 5 horizons" were in refernce to the number of guys in the band. Hence....the new 5x1 book by Lance Mercer.

Nothingman54

I think you guys are reading way to much into it. Its simple.

star-girl

I think Black is about loss also, maybe even a first love. All the lyrics point to that being the case "..as her body ONCE did" "what was everything" and "all the love gone bad"

HunterandHunted

Aic wrote:

Hey guys, I'm writing an assignment on Pearl Jam and during my analysis of Black I came up with a different view on the lyrics.
As many have noticed the first line "Sheets of empty Canvas, untuched sheets of clay" refers to art objects, so I figured that the lyrics might actually be about an artist. With the line "Laid spread out before me, as her body once did) could put the woman into the object of a poser (not sure if that's the right word, but what I mean is a person the artist paints). "All of five horizons revolved around her soul, as the earth to the sun" again something related to creativity; the five horizons could be a synonym for the five sences (taste, sight, feel, sound and smell) and the revolving around her soul could stand for the artists attempt to reproduce what he sences in every dimension possible (either the third dimensions of clay, the 2nd dimension of painting or the abstract).
The folowing lines would then tell how this artist has fallen in love with the woman he has been using as a model and the lines talking about painting the pictures black could be litteral and mean that he tries to kill his desperate need for this woman by painting all the pictures he has of her black.

Anyway, I just came up with this so please don't fry me, I just thought it would be great to get some other views on this since I havent read a simmilar sight on the lyrics. Cheers everyone!

I think that's an awesome interpretation of Black - The idea of Artist's infatuation with sitter seems entirely congruent with what we know to be true of great artists and their models - Freud, Rodin, Vettriano to name a few shining examples of the transcendence of the basic artist/model relationships...

I hadn't really explored the ideas you outline before...

You've really got me thinking about it now....Thanks....;)
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jwhjr17

Black is still my favorite song of all the great songs PJ has...

luxpjamer

McCready00 wrote:

some told me once thatt it could be about a guy who makes love with a virgin..

I tought the same about the first lines. Like he reminds hisself of their first time their best moment together

ezekiels_oblivion

Aic wrote:

Hey guys, I'm writing an assignment on Pearl Jam and during my analysis of Black I came up with a different view on the lyrics.
As many have noticed the first line "Sheets of empty Canvas, untuched sheets of clay" refers to art objects, so I figured that the lyrics might actually be about an artist. With the line "Laid spread out before me, as her body once did) could put the woman into the object of a poser (not sure if that's the right word, but what I mean is a person the artist paints). "All of five horizons revolved around her soul, as the earth to the sun" again something related to creativity; the five horizons could be a synonym for the five sences (taste, sight, feel, sound and smell) and the revolving around her soul could stand for the artists attempt to reproduce what he sences in every dimension possible (either the third dimensions of clay, the 2nd dimension of painting or the abstract).
The folowing lines would then tell how this artist has fallen in love with the woman he has been using as a model and the lines talking about painting the pictures black could be litteral and mean that he tries to kill his desperate need for this woman by painting all the pictures he has of her black.

Man, I really like your interpretation; it does make sense to me & is very imaginative.