[Verse 1]
I feel your thorn pierce my tongue
Uh-huh, uh-huh
This love
My veins throbbing to your touch
Uh-huh, uh-huh
This love
You drove a stake through my lungs
Uh-huh, uh-huh
This love
I’ll drink you ’til I can’t stand up
Uh-huh, uh-huh
This love
[Chorus]
You and I
We’re an island, in the dust
Black and blue fireball
Watch the ice melt, around us
[Verse 2]
Dig your teeth into my soul
Uh-Huh, uh-huh
This Love
Brush aside my control
Uh-huh, uh-huh
This love
[Chorus]
You and I
We’re an island, in the dust
Black and blue fireball
Watch the ice melt, around us
[Instrumental Bridge]
[Verse 3]
I feel your love pierce my brain
Uh-huh, uh-huh
This pain
Flush these tears down the drain
Never, never again
[Chorus]
You and I
We’re an island, in the dust
Black and blue fireball
Watch the ice melt, around us
[Chorus]
You and I
We’re an island, in the dust
Black and blue fireball
Watch the ice melt, around us
Baba Ali released Black and Blue on Fri Jun 19 2020.
We ended up reacting to the beginning of lockdown by writing a tonne of new songs in my basement in New Jersey. Some of the tracks ended up forming a mixtape that we put out on Bandcamp. ‘Black & Blue’ was a song from that collection of songs, and one we were really happy with at the time, so th...