Sound & Color

Track 1 on Sound & Color (Japanese Bonus Track Edition)

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“Sound & Color,” the title track from the Shakes' sophomore album, shares more than an ampersand with the band’s debut Boys & Girls, which marked the Athens, Alabama group… Read More

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Sound & Color Lyrics

[Verse]
A new world hangs
Outside the window
Beautiful and strange
It must be I've fallen awake
I must be

[Chorus]
Sound and color
With me, for my mind
And the ship shows me where to go
When I needn't speak

[Bridge]
Not far now
Not far now
Not far now
Far, far now
Far, far, far, far now
Far, far, far, far out

[Outro]
Sound and color
With me, in my mind
(Sound and color)
Try to keep yourself awake
(Sound and color)
This life ain't like it was
(Sound and color)
I wanna touch a human being
(Sound and color)
I want to go back to sleep
(Sound and color)
Ain't life just awful strange?
(Sound and color)
I wish I never gave it all away
(Sound and color)
No more to see the setting of the sun
(Sound and color)
Life in
(Sound and color)
Life in
(Sound and color)
Life in
(Sound and color)
(Sound and color)
(Sound and color)

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“Sound & Color,” the title track from the Shakes' sophomore album, shares more than an ampersand with the band’s debut Boys & Girls, which marked the Athens, Alabama group with a “retro-soul” label and launched a sparkling tour that included a stop to play “Memphis hits” for the Obamas at The White House.

“Much of the new album lives in the same vintage thrift store as the band’s debut,” says NPR’s Tom Moon, but “Sound & Color” also marks a new plateau of success for the band, as “this time around, the musicians of Alabama Shakes match [lead singer] Brittany Howard’s intensity and actually push things higher.” This track kicks off the record with a wholly positive declaration of life’s wonders and myriad sensations.

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