What's a whiter shade of pale?

Question

Just listening to the song, and what does that mean?

Answer 1

We skipped the light fandango
Turned cartwheels 'cross the floor
I was feeling kind of seasick
The crowd called out for more
The room was humming harder
As the ceiling flew away yeah
When we called out for another drink
The waiter brought a tray
And so it was that later
As the miller told his tale
That her face at first just ghostly
Turned a whiter shade of pale

She said: "There is no reason
And the truth is plain to see"
But I wandered through my playing cards
And would not let her be
One of sixteen vestal virgins
Who were leaving for the coast ohah
And although my eyes were opened
They might just as well be closed

And so it was that later
As the miller told his tale
That her face at first just ghostly
Turned a whiter shade of pale - ahah ahah

Ohoh and so it was that later
As the miller told his tale
That her face at first just ghostly
Turned a whiter shade of pale

Ohoh and so it was that later
As the miller told his tale
That her face at first just ghostly
Turned a whiter shade of pale

ghostly turned a whiter shade of pale is like your all most dead in decayed lol

Answer 2

In chapter 13 of the English version of the manga series Maison Ikkoku, the main character says, "Maybe it's 'a salty dog' that makes you a whiter shade of pale!"

Answer 3

her face

her face, at first just ghostly,
turned a whiter shade of pale

she heard some words that astounded her, or she realized something that astounded her. the song is not clear as to exactly what happened.

Answer 4

The shade that I get right after I turn green and right before I pass out.

Answer 5

Transparent

Answer 6

alls i knows is that the song was made as a joke they never wrote any lyrics or anything, just random phrases and the title is no different. they didn't expect it to sell even one copy let alone become a hit..

Answer 7

According tot he songwriter, the song doesn't really makes sense. It's jus a nonsense phrase.

Answer 8

it means a lighter color than pale, (pale is like a dead pink) so whiter pale, would be more white!

Answer 9

One more step towards ethereal

Answer 10

I don't know, but the Miller's tale must have been very unsettling.