my mom just told me that my dad used to play this for her when she was falling asleep. he passed away 10 years ago and I just got his guitar last Christmas. I'm going to play this for her. she deserves it.
Damn, I felt the depth of emotion infused into your words. Choked me up for a moment! I have a strong feeling that would be the greatest gift your mother could ever receive. I actually have been working on an acoustic cover of this the last couple days. Almost feel I have a "post-worthy" take. Feel free to use the soon-to-be video for reference. Hope all is well with you, my friend!
My interpretation is about this person being closed up about their emotions, not allowing himself to be vulnerable, only seeing black and white "colorblind, coffee black and egg white", and that it's hard for him to speak about his emotions "taffy stuck and tongue tied, stutter shook and uptight" being trapped under his skin, and not allowing others to see how he really feels "I am covered in skin, no one gets to come in" -- then he's letting the loved one know that he's ready to be open, to be vulnerable about his emotions, and telling his loved one to take him out from under his skin "pull me out from inside" -- says it many times -- that he's ready, that he's fine. And at the end, is describing this process, he was folded, and now he's unfolded, he is unfolding -- opening up all of his layers. This is how it made sense to me. It's beautiful, because it kind of foreshadows a very broken person, afraid to show its true colors to someone he loves, and is then beginning to beg to be freed from this, from this locked up person he's turned out to be. So, it could also foreshadow some depression, maybe some very sad feelings that he does not want to disclose, but eventually decides to disclose them to the right person, which in turn allows him to heal.
***** The song is about the lead singer, and his mental disorder. It's a dissociative disorder called depersonalization disorder. There are two different categories, either depersonalization or derealization. I believe he suffers for depersonalization but don't quote me on that. With many disorders there are times where everything is normal, and times where the disorder takes over. When it does take over it feels almost like you are trapped inside your head. You are fully aware of everything, your thoughts and actions, everything. But what you say and do just happen. It's like watching a movie in your head of your own life. You keep on going your body and mind keep on moving, but you are just there watching.
I believe this song is about looking to be in love with someone's soul, the inner. Nothing to do with the outside or appearence of the person, just being in love for what's within. I love this song sooo much.
I feel this song is about the heart being ready for true love. Someone has put a wall up to protect themselves and their heart from being hurt. Now they are willing to open up their heart and let someone in because they are feeling that feeling of love once again. "I am covered in skin, no one gets to come in, pull me out from inside... I am ready(×3), I am fine..." And he stressed he was ready.
+Crystal White I saw it in theaters. I'm hella old. lol. I was in love with Ryan Phillipe. funny to think that one day my daughter won't even know that movie is.
This song inspired me to write this It's cold right now this blankets' not light all this misery kept inside comforting my insides scars picking their scabs coffee doesn't taste right maybe you just didn't try life's unfolding and I must try searching for luck's hide grinning as I get high the minds' boiling watching me pass by life's unfolding and i'm fine I missed you when you arrived the thoughts I thought they seemed right..... ready to come in? saw the warm light so concerning I guess it's alright... life's unfolding life's unfolding life's unfolding and I must try life's unfolding life's unfolding life's unfolding and i'm fine
I am not quite yet. I am currently learning to play bass and regular guitar. I will become a musician soon though I have written over 30 songs and plan on mish mashing the lyrics with melodies and turning them into some good folk indie rock
Sweet ya I will let you know. What is your novel about? I am writing a screenplay which is like a novel. Mine is called Petty. I am half way done but is basically about a rural town group of high school who do petty crimes for spending cash for partying and one day bust a window out of a car and find a case that has 100 grand. Well they stole from the wrong people and even though they kept it secret, word got out who stole the money. It is a cat and mouse game for the mobsters to get their money back. Who will live, who will die? What do you think?
Following on the words of Yumiko, this song is all about finally opening your heart after having it closed for so long. I know this feeling well, but only discovered this after it was too late.
I'm speechless! Adam does a wonderful job as if he's feeling it intensely. The strings are a beautiful touch. It hits a melancholy that morrisey couldn't touch.
I know people are annoyed about people coming here because they heard the song in Cruel Intentions, but really, isn't it a good thing that the film has brought more popularity to such a beautiful song? The film used the song very well, it fit the scene perfectly and since it's such an emotional song it made the scene ten times more beautiful. I love the film and thanks to it this is my favourite song. So yeah, who cares what brought who here, let's all just agree that this is an amazing song.
@Giovanni Doria Who cares, songs are meant for people to have different perspectives and interpretations of. Does it really matter that they used it for a love scene? Lol does that take away anything from the song itself?
We are neither evil or good. We are both. There are points when we are one more than the other... but tomorrow is another day. Sometimes life is hard. But, you can change if you want to. Don't let yesterday blacken up today. I used to cut myself because I thought there was nothing to live for. My life was taken from me from the very start. When I turned 21, life opened up and I started to live a little. I married a wonderful man and I have a daughter now. It's still rough, but I am not alone.
I forgot I knew this song, just clicked on it, because someone recommended it to me.... I heard the first few notes and already had goosebumps and knew I heard the song before, often
I am color blind: he’s blinded by love. Pull me out from inside: he’s caught in his feelings and wants to be pulled out from being scared of those feelings. I am folded and unfolded and unfolding: he’s noticing a change in himself. I am ready I am ready I am: when he finally realizes he can let his guard down and be ready for a relationship & commitment.
Heard this first in Cruel Intentions and it fit the movie well... I'm also a big fan of Counting Crows, so this is perfect. I love this song...though it is hard to listen to......
I played this song over and over while deep in my depression in the 90s, before I was able to get help. It explained perfectly how I felt at the time and it's nostalgic to this day ❤️
I am struggling with the realization I have ADD and I need help and this song is just amazing it's helping me get through this phase everyone who gets help for any mental disorder goes through where you're just kind of always at war with yourself and you're trying to find a way to deal and cope with the realization you need professional help and you feel ashamed and everything and this song is just a great outlet to channel that emotional distress and it will help me become at peace with my disorder
+Jake S WHOA WHOA WHOA there. Maybe some have it milder, but some people really do need the medication. ADD can be a really big deal. Take it from someone who has it. It's not as simple as people make it sound.
My so has ADHD and since he was old enough for school I have had to fight teachers and principles to defend him. They want us parents to shove medicine down your throat to make things easier for them. It's the world who needs to learn to keep up with you. The world needs to change NOT you.You are perfect just the way you are. Hang in there it get easier .❤️
I always loved this song. I learned to play it on piano by ear. I just hit the same notes one day and freaked myself out that I kinda knew how to play one of the best songs off a movie soundtrack other than Bittersweet Symphony. Fuck Cruel Intentions had like the best soundtrack to a movie other than Joe Dirt.
No cap I did a report on reading comprehension and lyrics in 6th grade and picked this one. Played this video for the entire class, who got pretty bummed out, then read my interpretation. What a time lol. And a beautiful song.
This song takes me back to 2007 when I was almost 21 and a friend of mine made me hear this song. It soon became one of my favourite songs, and I remember that on an evening she came to me and tried to play it on my keyboard that I used to play by ear. I got really impressed by the way she got the right notes. I made a video with the mobile phone I had at that time, but unfortunately I haven't got that video anymore. If you could hear her voice, well...it's really amazing, as well as her English pronunciation...
Omg years of searching and it pops up on pandora and im like omg yeeeessss and then i found Natalie Walkers cover im soooo freaking happy i finally got reunited with this song im sorry i forgot about youuuu
I love you Ed ,this song always reminds me of you and your complexity and the way we had a strong friendship but a love that was just never meant to happen, no matter what you were always there and losing you will forever stay with me, I will miss you for the rest of my life RIP 💔
Dearest soul, protect yourself from hurt and pain. The day will come when you will feel able, again, to show your vulnerability to someone. This day, you will reborn, again, and this time for good, because the one who will receive your vulnerability and emotions will have the most beautiful eyes and gaze you have ever seen. 💙💙💙💙
I am colorblind Coffee black and egg white Pull me out from inside I am ready, I am ready, I am ready I am Taffy stuck, tongue tied Stuttered shook and uptight Pull me out from inside I am ready, I am ready I am ready, I am fine I am covered in skin No one gets to come in Pull me out from inside I am folded, and unfolded, and unfolding I am Colorblind Coffee black and egg white Pull me out from inside I am ready, I am ready I am ready, I am fine I am fine, I am fine
my aunt wants this song played at her funeral. that's why im worried to get too attached to this song. id hate that if the next time I hear this song...its there.
my mom just told me that my dad used to play this for her when she was falling asleep. he passed away 10 years ago and I just got his guitar last Christmas. I'm going to play this for her. she deserves it.
Damn, I felt the depth of emotion infused into your words. Choked me up for a moment! I have a strong feeling that would be the greatest gift your mother could ever receive.
I actually have been working on an acoustic cover of this the last couple days. Almost feel I have a "post-worthy" take. Feel free to use the soon-to-be video for reference. Hope all is well with you, my friend!
That's beautiful ❤️
So beautiful ❤️
I play this for my dad on his guitar . He is on hospice losing the battle with stage 4 brain cancer . He's says he's ready and I'm not fine
Sounds like she really deserves it
My interpretation is about this person being closed up about their emotions, not allowing himself to be vulnerable, only seeing black and white "colorblind, coffee black and egg white", and that it's hard for him to speak about his emotions "taffy stuck and tongue tied, stutter shook and uptight" being trapped under his skin, and not allowing others to see how he really feels "I am covered in skin, no one gets to come in" -- then he's letting the loved one know that he's ready to be open, to be vulnerable about his emotions, and telling his loved one to take him out from under his skin "pull me out from inside" -- says it many times -- that he's ready, that he's fine. And at the end, is describing this process, he was folded, and now he's unfolded, he is unfolding -- opening up all of his layers.
This is how it made sense to me. It's beautiful, because it kind of foreshadows a very broken person, afraid to show its true colors to someone he loves, and is then beginning to beg to be freed from this, from this locked up person he's turned out to be. So, it could also foreshadow some depression, maybe some very sad feelings that he does not want to disclose, but eventually decides to disclose them to the right person, which in turn allows him to heal.
***** maybe emotions closed up cause no one to share with then when u find someone u dont know how to use them......learning
***** The song is about the lead singer, and his mental disorder. It's a dissociative disorder called depersonalization disorder. There are two different categories, either depersonalization or derealization. I believe he suffers for depersonalization but don't quote me on that. With many disorders there are times where everything is normal, and times where the disorder takes over. When it does take over it feels almost like you are trapped inside your head. You are fully aware of everything, your thoughts and actions, everything. But what you say and do just happen. It's like watching a movie in your head of your own life. You keep on going your body and mind keep on moving, but you are just there watching.
Ian Patrick Sanders Ah thank you for the insight. Definitely makes sense to what I was interpreting.
Yumiko ur interpretation is beautiful.
That was beautiful you made me cry
I'm 46 years old. I've heard a lot of music. This is one of the best songs ever written.
This is one of the most beautiful songs I've ever heard
+StoryOfAGirl101 try Konstantine by something corporate
StoryOfAGirl101 It brings up some many emotions for me.
I agree
@@michellecontreras7635 excellent!!! I was speechless when i first heard this. If u knew me that's rare. Love the crows and adam!
I always think of my ex-husband when I Iisten to this song. Even since our divorce in 2008.
I believe this song is about looking to be in love with someone's soul, the inner. Nothing to do with the outside or appearence of the person, just being in love for what's within. I love this song sooo much.
Love that
I believe it's about his battle with dp
Absolutely. Has nothing to do with sex or vanity. This comment is deep and heavy for me
I feel this song is about the heart being ready for true love. Someone has put a wall up to protect themselves and their heart from being hurt. Now they are willing to open up their heart and let someone in because they are feeling that feeling of love once again. "I am covered in skin, no one gets to come in, pull me out from inside... I am ready(×3), I am fine..." And he stressed he was ready.
Absolutely right
Every time I listen to this song I think of that love scene from Cruel intentions.
me too!!!! I love when he surprised Annette at the train station. so sweet.
Cruel intentions is my favorite 90s movie!
+Crystal White I saw it in theaters. I'm hella old. lol. I was in love with Ryan Phillipe. funny to think that one day my daughter won't even know that movie is.
That's my favorite movie of all times, and probably my favorite couple!
Crystal White yessss
This song always brings back the 90's and thoughts of my favorite movie from that time period. Cruel Intentions. Amazing love story.
never watched the movie, but this song, was on repeat for me back then.
Chippy Tucker I still put this on repeat from time to time. :)
I am here because I just watched it. It had been years.
This song inspired me to write this
It's cold right now
this blankets' not light
all this misery kept inside
comforting my insides
scars picking their scabs
coffee doesn't taste right
maybe you just didn't try
life's unfolding
and I must try
searching for luck's hide
grinning as I get high
the minds' boiling
watching me pass by
life's unfolding
and i'm fine
I missed you
when you arrived
the thoughts I thought
they seemed right.....
ready to come in?
saw the warm light
so concerning
I guess it's alright...
life's unfolding
life's unfolding
life's unfolding
and I must try
life's unfolding
life's unfolding
life's unfolding
and i'm fine
I am not quite yet. I am currently learning to play bass and regular guitar. I will become a musician soon though I have written over 30 songs and plan on mish mashing the lyrics with melodies and turning them into some good folk indie rock
Sweet ya I will let you know. What is your novel about? I am writing a screenplay which is like a novel. Mine is called Petty. I am half way done but is basically about a rural town group of high school who do petty crimes for spending cash for partying and one day bust a window out of a car and find a case that has 100 grand. Well they stole from the wrong people and even though they kept it secret, word got out who stole the money. It is a cat and mouse game for the mobsters to get their money back. Who will live, who will die?
What do you think?
It will be a combination of the movie Toy Soldiers and Killing Them Softly. Best way to describe it.
Great shit dog.
awesome.
So beautiful and so intimate.
Following on the words of Yumiko, this song is all about finally opening your heart after having it closed for so long. I know this feeling well, but only discovered this after it was too late.
It's never too late - we have to believe it's never too late.
I'm speechless! Adam does a wonderful job as if he's feeling it intensely. The strings are a beautiful touch. It hits a melancholy that morrisey couldn't touch.
I know people are annoyed about people coming here because they heard the song in Cruel Intentions, but really, isn't it a good thing that the film has brought more popularity to such a beautiful song? The film used the song very well, it fit the scene perfectly and since it's such an emotional song it made the scene ten times more beautiful. I love the film and thanks to it this is my favourite song. So yeah, who cares what brought who here, let's all just agree that this is an amazing song.
Shut up
@Giovanni Doria
Who cares, songs are meant for people to have different perspectives and interpretations of. Does it really matter that they used it for a love scene? Lol does that take away anything from the song itself?
Amen
And also art form (movies )using other art forms (music )is wonderful
I use to love this song when I was younger i forgot about it and now I’ve found it again; I’m never forgetting it again
Whenever I feel super tense I listen to this song and it all drains away. It's like magic
We are neither evil or good. We are both. There are points when we are one more than the other... but tomorrow is another day. Sometimes life is hard. But, you can change if you want to. Don't let yesterday blacken up today. I used to cut myself because I thought there was nothing to live for. My life was taken from me from the very start. When I turned 21, life opened up and I started to live a little. I married a wonderful man and I have a daughter now. It's still rough, but I am not alone.
This hit home. I'm a cutter 18 years.
"Pull me out from inside". The flutes are a nice touch. "No one gets to come in". Excellent,adam seems very intense in this piece.
I want this song played at my funeral....
Kimmer Sinner same here i want it played in repeat in my wake
My son lost his teenaged friend to suicide. This song was played at his funeral last week.😢
Waking up Dead
Sandy Lee omg that’s so sad
I agree
I forgot I knew this song, just clicked on it, because someone recommended it to me.... I heard the first few notes and already had goosebumps and knew I heard the song before, often
I am color blind: he’s blinded by love.
Pull me out from inside: he’s caught in his feelings and wants to be pulled out from being scared of those feelings.
I am folded and unfolded and unfolding: he’s noticing a change in himself.
I am ready I am ready I am: when he finally realizes he can let his guard down and be ready for a relationship & commitment.
Heard this first in Cruel Intentions and it fit the movie well... I'm also a big fan of Counting Crows, so this is perfect.
I love this song...though it is hard to listen to......
listening in 2020💜💙
i did a dance to this a long time ago, and i always feel nostalgic when i hear this song. it is simply beautiful
I played this song over and over while deep in my depression in the 90s, before I was able to get help. It explained perfectly how I felt at the time and it's nostalgic to this day ❤️
Lost on meth, thinking of the wreckage I've left in my mother's life and my father's heart...I played this over and over.
Counting Crows are and will always be my favorite music. Poetry in motion
Agreed
Adam does a beautiful job on piano and vocals! Phenomenal!
No other can do this song like the counting crows..and the piano🌹
I go back to this song often to remind me of perspective...and HOPE!
I am struggling with the realization I have ADD and I need help and this song is just amazing it's helping me get through this phase everyone who gets help for any mental disorder goes through where you're just kind of always at war with yourself and you're trying to find a way to deal and cope with the realization you need professional help and you feel ashamed and everything and this song is just a great outlet to channel that emotional distress and it will help me become at peace with my disorder
Also, don't take medicine for it.
Some of them are incredibly dangerous.
My best friend has ADD and she has been doing just fine with it, she just has to put more work into school and studying
+Jake S WHOA WHOA WHOA there. Maybe some have it milder, but some people really do need the medication. ADD can be a really big deal. Take it from someone who has it. It's not as simple as people make it sound.
linlinjustbecause i completely understand. i have depression disorder. depression is nothing to mess with
My so has ADHD and since he was old enough for school I have had to fight teachers and principles to defend him. They want us parents to shove medicine down your throat to make things easier for them. It's the world who needs to learn to keep up with you. The world needs to change NOT you.You are perfect just the way you are. Hang in there it get easier .❤️
First time i heard this was in cruel intentions and it still makes me shiver from my spine all over my body
I love his voice...
Such a beautiful song... First heard it in my Ballet/modern class. My teacher did a combo for it. I fell in love with it.
I always loved this song. I learned to play it on piano by ear. I just hit the same notes one day and freaked myself out that I kinda knew how to play one of the best songs off a movie soundtrack other than Bittersweet Symphony. Fuck Cruel Intentions had like the best soundtrack to a movie other than Joe Dirt.
YAS!
Good song to listen to when you're depressed or having a bad day. Like if you agree!
Or whenever lol it’s a great song!
The definition of this song is class.... luv it so i do!! :) Irish Fan!! xxx
I can not get it out of my head...
This is about the deepest layer within-"insecurity", and the fear of being rejected if one opens their heart to become vulnerable...
One of the most beautiful songs ever ♥
Hermosa canción y bella música,al escucharla se me hace un nudo en la garganta,y no me canso de oírla, Soy Mario Correa desde Jujuy, Argentina ❤
Excellent havent heard this on aug and everything ... Love the flute and strings. Adam as usual!!!!!
Das ist ein so wunderschoenes Lied x3 Ich koennte es mir stundenlang anhoeren. Es laesst mich froehlich und traurig zugleich fuehlen ♥
omg this song gives me chills
I haven't heard this song in forever, I love it so much... :]
The adaptation of this movie was so great. I love this song.
remembering my first love...
No cap I did a report on reading comprehension and lyrics in 6th grade and picked this one. Played this video for the entire class, who got pretty bummed out, then read my interpretation. What a time lol. And a beautiful song.
Merci Manon , beaucoup d'émotion cette chanson
Thank you for this song, Counting Crows. Thank you, so...so much.
This song takes me back to 2007 when I was almost 21 and a friend of mine made me hear this song. It soon became one of my favourite songs, and I remember that on an evening she came to me and tried to play it on my keyboard that I used to play by ear. I got really impressed by the way she got the right notes. I made a video with the mobile phone I had at that time, but unfortunately I haven't got that video anymore. If you could hear her voice, well...it's really amazing, as well as her English pronunciation...
53 people can't feel.
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This song makes me cry every time I hear it..:(♥
that song is sooo touchful it reaches my soul evrytime i hear it
Omg years of searching and it pops up on pandora and im like omg yeeeessss and then i found Natalie Walkers cover im soooo freaking happy i finally got reunited with this song im sorry i forgot about youuuu
without a doubt my favorite counting crows song ever.
really well done, although there are only the lyrics, but very beautiful to look at, and perfect for the song!
I love it....
I was so blind, that I couldn't see the forest from the trees. I see things that I couldn't before. I was truly colorblind.
I heard this in my drama class today I loved it!
This song is soooooo beautiful
I love you Ed ,this song always reminds me of you and your complexity and the way we had a strong friendship but a love that was just never meant to happen, no matter what you were always there and losing you will forever stay with me, I will miss you for the rest of my life RIP 💔
I think I heard of a cover of this...it made me cry. wow.
I heard this song a LONG time ago watching Cruel Intentions, about a year or 2 after it came out, took me FOREVER to find it!
SOOOOO happy!
This song is INCREDIBLE!!
Just one of life's greatest gifts. ..
I love this song. it's so beautiful to me
Quit drugs when my son was born love this song, live life love life
Ive been downloading all these awesome counting crows songs and ALL of them are from August, and everything after. damn that mustve been a great album
fuck. haven't heard this since 9th grade
de beaux souvenir frissons garantie......
OMG... I love this song so much...
That song is so epic!!!!
This song never fails to make me cry.
We all recall our 1st time.... an unique song!x
Cruel Intentions.....
Such a deep song... :)
breath taking.
2021 still an amazing song
Cruel intentions great movie and this movie and song really brings out quite some feeling...
Awsome song with beautiful lyrics :(
This makes me cry..
i started to like this song as soon as i re-watched cruel intentions
Colorblind is an powerful and emotional song.
The song is so sad.
I love it
this song draws out every emotion in me. lol
memories from songs are crazy...you're right
I get chills & tears in my eyes everytime I hear this.
I found this through a blog on tumblr ^~^ So glad I did ^~^
Still here in 2020 listening to this beauty 🥰
Nostalgia overload ❤😢
I could cry...
But I'm a man. =P
This is truly beautiful in its simplicity.
I love this song
This Song Doesn't Go Out Of My Head!!
just love it :x
i could listen it a life-time :]
Dearest soul, protect yourself from hurt and pain. The day will come when you will feel able, again, to show your vulnerability to someone. This day, you will reborn, again, and this time for good, because the one who will receive your vulnerability and emotions will have the most beautiful eyes and gaze you have ever seen. 💙💙💙💙
I am colorblind
Coffee black and egg white
Pull me out from inside
I am ready, I am ready, I am ready
I am
Taffy stuck, tongue tied
Stuttered shook and uptight
Pull me out from inside
I am ready, I am ready
I am ready, I am fine
I am covered in skin
No one gets to come in
Pull me out from inside
I am folded, and unfolded, and unfolding
I am
Colorblind
Coffee black and egg white
Pull me out from inside
I am ready, I am ready
I am ready, I am fine
I am fine, I am fine
I love this song, it really seems to describe the relationship between me and my DID.
No one gets to come in. I love it.
Best song ever written
my aunt wants this song played at her funeral. that's why im worried to get too attached to this song. id hate that if the next time I hear this song...its there.
God Bless us all.
2021 here feeling this
omg, i love this song!!!!!! nice lyrics vid,too.