We Will Not - Lyrics - Paint It Black

"Paint It Black" is a song released by The Rolling Stones on 13 May 1966 as the first single from the US version of their fourth album Aftermath. Although originally titled without a comma, the release version was styled "Paint It, Black". Keith Richards has stated that the comma was added by the record label, Decca.

This is a sermon for the vermon. A song to draw blood. A finger in the dam trying to hold back the flood. We are down, but we're still not out. We struggle with faith in the face of doubt. So is it a crime to think that we've found something more sublime? That we're somehow more alive? That we're not just busy dying? No coincidence, it's by design. Herded into a pen with the rest of the swine. Born to shine, or born to stand in line? You decide. So you better step up to bat, before your dreams get hammered flat. (This is the sound) Even when your ship has run aground. Don't let *** get you down.