Colorblind by Amber Riley is featured in Bash, the fifteenth episode of Season Five. It is sung by Mercedes.
Mercedes takes Sam to her recording studio, and they continue to talk about their conflict with their relationship and society. Because they are an interracial couple, Mercedes fears of how people would view them. Mercedes dedicates a song to Sam, and at the end, Sam goes into where Mercedes sings to hug her.
Lyrics[]
Mercedes:
When the world is seeing yellow
I only see gray
When everybody sees the rainbow
I'm stuck in the rain
You take a little piece of me
Every time you leave
I don't think that I'll
Ever find that silver lining
Or a reason to smile
You know I used to paint such vibrant dreams
Now I'm colorblind, colorblind
When did my heart get so full
Of a never mind, never mind
Did you know that you stole
The only thing I needed
Always black and white in my eyes
I'm colorblind
Ain't it funny that you managed
To just wash away
Even pictures that you're not in
Have started to fade
I try to play my favorite songs
But I can't sing along
The words don't feel the same
You've taken all the best things from me
And thrown them away
You know I used to paint such vibrant dreams
Now I'm colorblind, colorblind
When did my heart get so full
Of a never mind, never mind
Did you know that you stole
The only thing I needed
Always black and white in my eyes
I'm colorblind
I'll wait
For roses to be red again
And I hate
That you took my blue from the ocean
Give me back green greens and goldens
My purples, my blues, you stole them
How long will I be broken?
You know I used to paint such vibrant dreams
Now I'm colorblind, colorblind
When did my heart get so full
Of a never mind, never mind
Did you know that you stole
The only thing I needed
Only black and white in my eyes
I'm colorblind
It's only black and white in my eyes
I'm colorblind
Trivia[]
- This is the second song to be sung by a main character whose portrayer is the artist of the song performed (Amber Riley in this case), following Still Got Tonight sung by Will in New York.
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