Said version saw them collaborate with the following musicians: Their cover appeared on Billboard’s Hot Rock Songs chart, peaking at number 11 in 2019. Well actually, that particular version was a second cover by Five Finger Death Punch.
This is a song that was originally released by the Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band in 1998. In fact it was written by Kenny Wayne Shepherd along with Mark Selby (1961-2017) and Mark’s wife, another musician by the name of Tia Sillers.įive Finger Death Punch’s version came out on as part of their album “And Justice for None” (2018).Īnd in 2019, labels Prospect Park Records and Eleven Seven Music also issued it as the fourth and final single from the project. Is the singer heartbroken? Yes. But even beyond that, the chorus is filled with metaphors letting the listener know that this relationship is “dead” for real. Or another, perhaps simpler way of looking at it is like this. The “blue” is symbolic of his love for the addressee, and the “black” is representative of all the mistakes he has made in the relationship.Īnd as noted earlier, when mixed together the black overpowers the blue. Or at least, allegorical speaking, that’s what appears to be going down. the rift between him and the addressee, cannot be undone. Rather it is the fact that what has been done, i.e.
Thesis Sentiment of “Blue on Black”Īnd considering the above-mentioned analogy upon which this song is based, that apparently would be the thesis sentiment. In other words, this song isn’t so much about the singer lamenting a dead or messed up relationship, as most people have interpreted it. what the addressee said when this person left him. being deceitful to the addressee.īut whatever has transpired, it is a “wrong can’t be undone”. And this is apparently an impression he got from the way in which they parted ways, i.e. Indeed from the onset due to his loneliness, the singer also finds himself in some kind of anxious state. The second verse implies that the breakup, if you will, was caused by some fault of his own, i.e. Outside of that, it’s up to “the listener (to) apply their own experience in whatever way seems fit”. Indeed, Shepherd further elaborated that it is “one of those of songs”. So there you go.īut that being noted, it’s pretty obvious that the idea that is being relayed is put into the context of a relationship. More specifically we can postulate that it is a romantic relationship, considering that terminology like the singer lamenting when “alone” at night and the fact that the addressee ‘slipped right through his hand’ is usually reserved for such scenarios.īut more to the general point, considering that Shepherd never classified this song on any particular state of affairs, would be the fact that the association between the singer and the addressee has verily been ruined. Or put differently this is a case where the mixing of two elements ultimately leads to only one being left standing. And that’s the gist of it as far as the official explanation goes.