Colin Zeal Lyrics

Lyric discussion by bugoff 

Cover art for Colin Zeal lyrics by Blur

In the final choruses, you can hear shouting, which someone deciphered: "He's a modern retard, he's terminal lard He's an affable man, with a carotene tan Because Colin Zeal's ill Colin Zeal's ill Colin Zeal's ill"

The song looks like a sketch of a smug bastard who acts like a know-it-all, a God's-gift-to-the-world, a Charmless Man, as it were. Lines like "he's an affable man with a plausible plan/keeps his eye on the news, keeps his future in hand" remind me of the people we all know who "keep their eye on the news" and run their mouth off on how they've got the solution to all the world's problems ("a plausible plan").