Songs
Blue Lips
Description
"Blue Lips" is a song originally composed, performed, recorded, and released by Regina Spektor. The song was first performed was on 2004-10-15 at the Housing Works Bookstore Cafe in New York, NY. The song was then periodically played live between 2004 and 2007. "Blue Lips" was first officially released on "Laughing With / Blue Lips" released on 2009-06-09. On 2009-06-21, "Blue Lips" was released on the LP Far.
"Blue Lips" was performed extensively in 2009 and 2010 in the tour supporting Far. Two of these performances were officially recorded and released on the live EP iTunes Live from Soho and the live LP Live in London. An instrumental version of "Blue Lips" was included on the menu of the Live in London DVD.
"Blue Lips" would go onto be featured regularly on setlists through 2019, with its final performances at Regina's Broadway residency, during which it was performed all five nights.
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Demos
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Live Performances
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Lyrics
He stumbled into faith and thought
"God, this is all
There is?"
The pictures in his mind arose
And began
To breathe
And all the gods in all the worlds
Began colliding on a backdrop of blue
Blue lips
Blue veins
He took a step, but then felt tired
He said, "I'll rest
A little while"
But when he tried to walk again
He wasn't
A child
And all the people hurried past
Real fast and no one ever smiled
Blue lips
Blue veins
Blue, the color of our planet from far, far away
Blue lips
Blue veins
Blue, the color of our planet from far, far away
He stumbled into faith and thought
"God, this is all
There is"
The pictures in his mind arose
And began
To breathe
And no one saw and no one heard
They just followed
Lead
The pictures in his mind awoke
And began
To breed
They started off beneath the knowledge tree
And they chopped it down to make white picket fences
And they're marching along the railroad tracks
They smiled real wide for the camera lens
As they made it past the enemy line
Just to become enslaved in the assembly lines
Blue lips
Blue veins
Blue, the color of our planet from far, far away
Blue lips
Blue veins
Blue, the color of our planet from far, far away
Blue
The most human color
Blue
The most human color
Blue
The most human color
Blue lips
Blue veins
Blue, the color of our planet from far, far away
Song Facts
Release Status:
Released
Originally By:
Original
Collaborators:
Solo
Alternate Titles:
N/A
Written:
Unknown
Demo:
N/A
First Official Release:
First Live Performance:
Last Live Performance:
Song Stats
First Known Date:
Last Known Date:
Time Between First Known Date and Last Known Date:
about 19 years and 9 months
Time Between First and Last Performance:
about 19 years and 9 months
# of Appearances on Official Releases:
4
# of Times Performed Live:
209
Themes & References
Trivia
Media Features
• "Blue Lips" was used in the film In Family I Trust (Spanish: Gente que viene y bah), released in theaters on 2019-01-18.
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