Released a week prior to the album’s drop, “Ballerina” has a chorus similar in nature to that of “Paralysis”: loud, melancholy, and repetitive with guitar riffs.
Songwriting magazine gave this album, but namely this piece, a Radiohead comparison—to which McCartney denied. He also provides a vague y...
[Verse 1]
Stars above the ceiling
Nothing much to do
Life flashes past me
Spending time with you
[Pre-Chorus]
Ballerina, have you seen her?
Señorita, will you greet her?
[Chorus]
Ballerina, ballerina
Ballerina, ballerina
[Verse 2]
The rain on the glass
Looks like tears
Heavenly sunbeam
Never disappears
Nothing but blackness
Mist upon the sea
Nothing but darkness
Letting it all be
[Pre-Chorus]
Ballerina, have you seen her?
Señorita, will you greet her?
[Chorus]
Ballerina, ballerina
Ballerina, ballerina
[Verse 3]
Candle flickers
Blowing in the wind
Black beauty
Running towards me
[Pre-Chorus]
Ballerina, have you seen her?
Señorita, will you greet her?
[Chorus]
Ballerina, ballerina
Ballerina, ballerina
[Electric Guitar Solo]
[Bridge]
Ballerina, ballerina
Ballerina, ballerina
[Electric Guitar Solo 2]
[Outro]
Ballerina, ballerina
Ballerina, ballerina
James McCartney released Ballerina on Fri Apr 29 2016.