[Intro] (noir… blanc… bleu…) Close your eyes — the beginning shows Let me write one formula down — DRIP NOIR, then LUMIÈRE — BLANC I already saw it all, 24K [Chant] NOIR — BLANC — BLEU (DRIP) the colors of the beginning (RIP) (noir… blanc… bleu…) DRIP — RIP — BLOOM (already saw it) [Verse 1] In the beginning, NOIR — black deeper than ink (DRIP) Matte velvet, soot, the silence of ink-black Light split open — LUMIÈRE, RIP (RIP) White was torn out of the black BLANC — blank page, chalk, the skin of a pearl Dawn milk, one strand of sterile shine NOIR is the mother, LUMIÈRE the birth canal BLANC the firstborn — child of light, first mark [Chant] NOIR — BLANC — BLEU (DRIP) the colors of the beginning (RIP) (noir… blanc… bleu…) DRIP — RIP — BLOOM (already saw it) [Verse 2] BLANC sets out walking — SCRATCH, chalk dragged Drawing lines on the blank page, drawing the outside And there it met — BLEU, blue breath (BLOOM) Cobalt, indigo, the vein of the deep sea Ink bleeding into water — BLOOM, BLOOM The sky cracks open, glaciers split apart BLANC puts on BLEU — blue over white And then it knew — it had to return (noir… blanc…) 24K [Chant] NOIR — BLANC — BLEU (DRIP) the colors of the beginning (RIP) (noir… blanc… bleu…) DRIP — RIP — BLOOM (already saw it) [Verse 3] Five cards — the genesis of color (DRIP… BLOOM) First — NOIR, silence deeper than ink (DRIP) Second — LUMIÈRE, the ray that tears the black (RIP) Third — BLANC, blank page pearl chalk (SCRATCH) Fourth — BLEU, cobalt indigo deep sea (BLOOM) Fifth… guess it before I flip — you can't BLANC puts on BLEU and walks back into NOIR (DRIP) The ring closes — the start turns out to be the end (noir… blanc… bleu…) [Verse 4] So color isn't a straight line, it's a ring A curve that starts at NOIR and returns to NOIR LUMIÈRE was the split — the first RIP, the first cry BLANC the child, BLEU the journey BLANC took The day it sinks back into matte velvet, DRIP The silence after ink has soaked all the water, BLOOM The moment a white foot steps inside the black, SCRATCH The color of the beginning — turns out to be NOIR [Final Chant] NOIR — BLANC — BLEU (DRIP) the colors of the beginning (RIP) (noir… blanc… bleu…) DRIP — RIP — BLOOM (already saw it) NOIR, BLANC, BLEU — the ring closes, 24K
