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Paint It Black

from Roots by Valkania

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Bach meets Rolling Stones on a beach in Greece!

A totally-Valkanised rendition, with a Greek bouzouki instead of electric guitar and a 9/8 time-signature instead of the 'common' 4/4.
The song already possesses a slightly Balkanesque melancholy in the verse, so we took this a step further.

The tune itself appeared one day when we were jamming with Rob and Mariana (two older members of the band) and then Viktor started playing with the melody on the bouzouki, on which later Rob added the 'classical' chords progression. The original version also featured a Bulgarian chorus with lyrics written by Mariana, but sadly the publishers thought that we should only translate parts of the song, not add our own lyrical stamp to it.

lyrics

PAINT IT BLACK (lyrics)

I see a red door and I want it painted black
No colors anymore I want them to turn black
I see the girls walk by dressed in their summer clothes
I have to turn my head until my darkness goes

I see a line of cars and they're all painted black
With flowers and my love both never to come back
I see people turn their heads and quickly look away
Like a new born baby it just happens ev'ry day

I look inside myself and see my heart is black
I see my red door and it has been painted black
Maybe then I'll fade away and not have to face the facts
It's not easy facin' up when your whole world is black

No more will my green sea go turn a deeper blue
I could not foresee this thing happening to you
If I look hard enough into the settin' sun
My love will laugh with me before the mornin' comes



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credits

from Roots, released June 7, 2013
Written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards
Published by ABKCO Music, Inc.
Arranged by Viktor Mastoridis, Mariana Bogdanova, Rob Stutterheim
Produced by Andy Dewar

Performers:
Viktor Mastoridis: vocals, bouzouki
Nikolay Angarev: bass
Nikolay Baldaranov: guitar, vocals
Andy Dewar: percussion

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