Music / Color Theory

color theory is the third album by Singer-Songwriter Soccer Mommy.

Not to be confused with the webseries of the same name.

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Tracklist

1. "bloodstream" (5:37)
2. "circle the drain" (4:40)
3. "royal screw up" (4:07)
4. "night swimming" (4:16)
5. "crawling in my Skin" (4:17)
6. "yellow is the color of her eyes" (7:15)
7. "up the walls" (2:44)
8. "lucy" (4:56)
9. "stain" (3:00)
10. "gray light" (3:16)

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This album provides examples of:

• all lowercase letters: the album's title and its tracklist are written with no capitalizing.
• Becoming the Boast: On "royal screw up":
  You are a mirror
  Say I'm the fairest of all
  I am "fake it 'til you make it" in a can
• Colour-Coded Emotions: Twice on "yellow is the color of her eyes".
  • Yellow represents the warmth of sunshine but illness as well:
  The bright August sun feels like yellow
  And the white of her eyes is so yellow
  • Blue represents sadness:
  I'm still so blue
  I can't erase the hue, it's just colored over
• "Dear John" Letter: On "night swimming":
  Swam back to the shoreline
  And found that all you left me was a note
  I read it slow
  You said that you had loved me
  But you knew that you would end up on your own
• Downer Ending: The album ends with "gray light", a song which reflects on Soccer Mommy's mother and her battle with Cancer (and one of two songs on this album which talks about this subject):
  I can't lose it
  The feeling I'm going down
  I can't lose it
  I'm watching my mother drown
• Epic Rocking: "yellow is the color of her eyes" lasts over seven minutes and fifteen seconds.
• Face on the Cover
• Her Own Worst Enemy: On "royal screw up":
  My room is a kingdom
  For the princess of screwin' up
  And I'll be the dragon
  I'll hold me captive
  My world is sinking
  And I am the captain of it all
• One-Woman Song: "lucy" (which actually refers to a shortened version of "Lucifer").
• One-Word Title: "bloodstream", "lucy" and "stain"
• Rhyming with Itself: The opening lyrics of "yellow is the color of her eyes":
  The bright August sun feels like yellow
  And the white of her eyes is so yellow
• Shout-Out: Averted with "crawling in my skin" which isn't a reference the Linkin Park song of the same name.