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Editors

Colours

Release date: 25th July 2005

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About This Track

'Colours' by Editors is an alternative track from the album 'The Back Room' (2005). Its lyrics are written in an intimate, anxious register, with love pitched against a sense that everything is coming apart and that purpose might not be visible. The song repeatedly returns to a tender address, insisting, “You are the colour, my dear”. Rather than defining a neat romance, it leans into devotion under strain, where the relationship becomes both comfort and a prompt to confront fear.

"Colours" is a track by Editors, from the album The Back Room, released 25th July 2005. It's filed under Alternative. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 3 articles about Editors.

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Editors

Editors

Lyrics

Colours

[Verse 1]

You mean a lot to me, you've got a heart of gold

Everything falls apart, leaves you in the cold

Purpose is scaring me, what if I can't see mine?

Love on the filthy street is so divine

[Chorus]

You are the colour, my dear

You are the colour, my dear

[Verse 2]

You mean a lot to me, you've got a heart of gold

Once I have found the words, I'll loosen my hold

[Chorus]

You are the colour, my dear

You are the colour, my dear

You are the colour, my dear

You are the colour, my dear

[Outro]

Fill your life with something else, baby

Fill your life with something else, baby

Fill your life with something else, baby

Fill your life with something else, baby

Fill your life with something else, baby

Fill your life with something else, baby

Fill your life with something else, baby

Fill your life with something else, baby

Fill your life with something else, baby

Fill your life with something else, baby

Fill your life with something else, baby

Fill your life with something else, baby

Fill your life with something else, baby

Fill your life with something else, baby

Fill your life with something else, baby

Fill your life with something else, baby

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Track details

From The Back Room

2005
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Album
The Back Room
The Back Room
Editors
25th July 2005
Release year
2005
  1. 1Lights
    2:31
  2. 2Munich
    3:46
  3. 3Blood
    3:29
  4. 4Fall
    5:06
  5. 5All Sparks
    3:34
  6. 6Camera
    5:03
  7. 7Fingers in the Factories
    4:14
  8. 8Bullets
    3:09
  9. 9Someone Says
    3:14
  10. 10Open Your Arms
    6:00
  11. 11Distance
    3:39
  12. —Release
  13. —Colours
  14. —Crawl Down the Wall
  15. —French Disko
  16. —Forest Fire
  17. —Let Your Good Heart Lead You Home
  18. —You Are Fading
  19. 1Let Your Good Heart Lead You Home
    4:37
  20. 2You Are Fading
    4:31
  21. 3Crawl Down the Wall
    3:34
  22. 4Colours
    3:53
  23. 5Release
    5:45
  24. 6Forest Fire
    3:04

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