This song is timeless, and nearly 20 years after its creation, still possesses the mystique it did the first time i heard it ~1994. To me, at first blush, all those years ago, it had some kind of homo-erotic allure. The line "so that the others may do" tells of something which must be done for others to follow suit. It felt like like some kind of roxy-glam-pop invitation to sexual liberation.
Upon further introspection I think the song may not have an intrinsic meaning, but simply represents a sort of "holding open the door" for people who otherwise might be affronted by this song/band's unusual style. I know, as a sort of armchair rock-historian, that there have been few bands so daring and so true to the sound that wanted to emerge from within, whether the creator wanted it or not. This band handled it with elegance and grace seldom, if ever, seen.
My life
My life was black and white and I believed it
I believed it
My eyes
My eyes looked at the world but couldn't see it
I couldn't see it
You're like the thing that makes the universe explode
Into the colors of a world I've never known
You keep turning, keep turning my life around
Violets and purples
Diamonds and circles
You're my kaleidoscope
I love every minute
You've got me in it
You're my kaleidoscope
Hey la nah nah oh
You keep turning, keep turning my life around
Hey la nah nah oh
You keep turning, keep turning my life around
Tonight
The stars are in your eyes and I surrender
I surrender
Tonight
Our hands against the wind, we are forever
We are forever
It all looks better when I see it with you here
You keep turning, keep turning my life around
Violets and purples
Diamonds and circles
You're my kaleidoscope
I love every minute
You've got me in it
You're my kaleidoscope
Hey la nah nah oh
You keep turning, keep turning my life around
Hey la nah nah oh
You keep turning, keep turning my life around
I closed my eyes to the orange skies
Living all of my days the same
Then you came along, and you sang your song
And the whole world around me changed
My life was black and white and I believed it
I believed it
My eyes
My eyes looked at the world but couldn't see it
I couldn't see it
You're like the thing that makes the universe explode
Into the colors of a world I've never known
You keep turning, keep turning my life around
Violets and purples
Diamonds and circles
You're my kaleidoscope
I love every minute
You've got me in it
You're my kaleidoscope
Hey la nah nah oh
You keep turning, keep turning my life around
Hey la nah nah oh
You keep turning, keep turning my life around
Tonight
The stars are in your eyes and I surrender
I surrender
Tonight
Our hands against the wind, we are forever
We are forever
It all looks better when I see it with you here
You keep turning, keep turning my life around
Violets and purples
Diamonds and circles
You're my kaleidoscope
I love every minute
You've got me in it
You're my kaleidoscope
Hey la nah nah oh
You keep turning, keep turning my life around
Hey la nah nah oh
You keep turning, keep turning my life around
I closed my eyes to the orange skies
Living all of my days the same
Then you came along, and you sang your song
And the whole world around me changed
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