Missy Higgins - The Sound Of White Lyrics






Like a freeze-dried rose, you will never be,
What you were, what you were to me in memory.
But if I listen to the dark,
You'll embrace me like a star,
Envelope me, envelope me...
If things get real for me down here,
Promise to take me to before you went away -
If only for a day.
If things get real for me down here,
Promise to take me back to the tune
We played before you went away.

And if I listen to, the sound of white,
Sometimes I hear your smile, and breathe your light.
Yeah if I listen to, the sound of white ..
You're my mystery. One mystery. My mystery. One mystery.

My silence solidifies,
Until that hollow void erases you,
Erases you so I can't feel at all.
But if I never feel again, at least that nothingness
Will end the painful dream, of you and me...
If things get real for me down here, promise to take me to
Before you went away, if only for a day.
If things get real for me down here, promise to take me back to
The tune we played before you went away.

And if I listen to, the sound of white
Sometimes I hear your smile, and breathe your light.
Yeah if I listen to, the sound of white
Sometimes I hear your smile, and breathe your light.
And if I listen to, the sound of white.

I knelt before some strangers face,
I'd never have the courage or belief to trust this place,
But I dropped my head, 'cos it felt like lead,
And I'm sure I felt your fingers through my hair...

And if I listen to, the sound of white sometimes
I hear your smile, and breathe your light.
Yeah if I listen to, the sound of white.
The sound of white,
The sound of white,
The sound of white.





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  1. F.... ....

    Song writing at it's very best, gets me every time.

  2. m.... c....

    I love you forever Ira Todd, my second son.

  3. z.... j....

    Missy- Touching my heart like sunshine on a morning rose petal
    This was my uncle's funeral song 💕

  4. K.... H....

    This was my uncle's funeral song 💕

  5. P.... M....

    Like a freeze-dried rose
    You will never be what you were, what you were
    To me in memory

    But if I listen to the dark
    You'll embrace me like a star
    Envelope me, envelope me

    [Pre-Chorus]
    If things get real for me down here
    Promise to take me to before you went away
    If only for a day
    If things get real for me down here
    Promise to take me back to the tune we played
    Before you went away

    [Chorus]
    And if I listen to the sound of white
    Sometimes I hear your smile and breathe your light
    Yeah, if I listen to the sound of white...

    You're my mystery, one mystery
    My mystery, one mystery

    [Verse 2]
    My silence solidifies
    'Til that hollow void erases you, erases you
    So I can't feel at all
    But if I never feel again
    At least that nothingness will end the painful dream
    Of you and me

    [Pre-Chorus]

    [Chorus variant]
    And if I listen to the sound of white
    Sometimes I hear your smile and breathe your light
    Yeah, if I listen to the sound of white
    Sometimes I hear your smile and breathe your light
    And if I listen to, the sound of white...

    [Bridge]
    I knelt before some stranger's face
    But I'll never have the courage or belief to trust this place
    But I dropped my head, 'cos it felt like lead
    And I'm sure I felt your fingers through my hair

    [Chorus]

    [Outro]
    The sound of white...
    The sound of white...
    The sound of white...

  6. B.... G....

    I love this song! This entire debut album of Missy's is one of my all time favourite albums and you can hear her Aussie accent in her songs. *flails excitedly*

    B.... G....

    Brissy Girl I just watched her on ABC, I think it was. She’s so amazing.

  7. K.... W....

    A song to my mother

  8. C.... Z....

    just beautiful ❤

  9. C.... L....

    Missy- Touching my heart like sunshine on a morning rose petal

  10. K.... L....

    What a cool song.

  11. j.... u....

    Shes so prolific love her music

  12. B.... K....

    Heard this when i went to Australia 1st in 2006 working in a falalala kitchen in Melbourne & fell inlove with it and ask the manager who it was and followed her ever since!! Love your stuff Missy. If ever in Ireland, drop me a line. Apparently one my friends me you outside Galway when you were here some years ago. Connemara!

  13. H.... S....

    I love you forever Ira Todd, my second son.

  14. c.... l....

    it's the accent as much as the obvious beauty of the song and the joy of the lyrics. No one has ever sung anything quite as poignant as this in That voice. It's as if your best mate unexpectedly became an angel.

  15. A.... P....

    This song is as fucking atrocious as a hyena getting molested by caitlin jenner (who is in fact a male). If this was played at my funeral i would come back from the dead, turn this shit off, play pumped up kicks and go to the nearest preschool to re instate my restraining order put against me by that eric cunts mother after i raped him.

  16. D.... F....

    Missy touches the soul xxx

    D.... F....

    ill touch your soul u dirty girl

    D.... F....

    +Jedd Ross find a place they care about u ull feel better ;)

    D.... F....

    ill touch u bby ;)

  17. B.... H....

    💖👌

    B.... H....

    Yoiur thicc lets fuck

  18. J.... R....

    I hate this fucking shit it sounds nearly as bad as katty perry

    J.... R....

    Ayrton Pietrobelli your just mean

    J.... R....

    ur a fuking fat oaf nurd

    J.... R....

    Jedd Ross you're shit

    J.... R....

    hahahaha thx mate

    J.... R....

    We love you!!.😊

  19. k.... d....

    sublime.

  20. H.... ....

    Like a freeze-dried rose, you will never be,
    What you were, what you were to me in memory.
    But if I listen to the dark,
    You'll embrace me like a star,
    Envelope me, envelope me...
    If things get real for me down here,
    Promise to take me to before you went away -
    If only for a day.
    If things get real for me down here,
    Promise to take me back to the tune
    We played before you went away.

    And if I listen to, the sound of white,
    Sometimes I hear your smile, and breathe your light.
    Yeah if I listen to, the sound of white ..
    You're my mystery. One mystery. My mystery. One mystery.

    My silence solidifies,
    Until that hollow void erases you,
    Erases you so I can't feel at all.
    But if I never feel again, at least that nothingness
    Will end the painful dream, of you and me...
    If things get real for me down here, promise to take me to
    Before you went away, if only for a day.
    If things get real for me down here, promise to take me back to
    The tune we played before you went away.

    And if I listen to, the sound of white
    Sometimes I hear your smile, and breathe your light.
    Yeah if I listen to, the sound of white
    Sometimes I hear your smile, and breathe your light.
    And if I listen to, the sound of white.

    I knelt before some stranger's face,
    I'd never have the courage or belief to trust this place,
    But I dropped my head, 'cos it felt like lead,
    And I'm sure I felt your fingers through my hair...

    And if I listen to, the sound of white sometimes
    I hear your smile, and breathe your light.
    Yeah if I listen to, the sound of white.
    The sound of white,
    The sound of white,
    The sound of white.

    H.... ....

    👍👍👍

    H.... ....

    Mate, no need to put the lyrics in the comments when this is a "Lyric Video"

    H.... ....

    We can read the lyrics not look at the comments

    H.... ....

    Alexander Davidson yes

  21. J.... W....

    I sung this song at my brothers funeral.... I miss you Tyler James :(

    J.... W....

    HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHHAAHAHAHAHAHHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH

    J.... W....

    HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH WHAT A LOSER

    J.... W....

    So sad May He R.I.P. This Song always tears me up. It's a good one but then, They all are.