"Into White" is a song written and recorded by Cat Stevens. It was released on his 1970 album Tea for the Tillerman and was covered in 1971, in Italian, by Mia Martini (with the title "Nel rosa "- "Into Pink "-, from the album "Oltre la collina" - "Over the hill") and in 2007 by Carly Simon.
Many feel the song is a description of transcendence. The first verse has an organically built house - the body. The second verse is a celebration of all that is outside - the sky, and beautiful and peaceful flora and fauna. The third verse is of conflict and impending violence drawn against the innocent. The last verse takes us back to the organic body - but omits this line," Tables of paper wood, windows of light". These are the parts of the body that reason and observe. He needs them no more. Every verse ends with the returning to oneness of an "Emptying into White".
Famous quotes containing the word white:
“I am so tired of taking to others
translating my life for the deaf, the blind,
the “I really want to know what your life is like without giving up any of my privileges
to live it” white women
the “I want to live my white life with Third World women’s style and keep my skin
class privileges” dykes”
—Lorraine Bethel, African American lesbian feminist poet. “What Chou Mean We, White Girl?” Lines 49-54 (1979)