It seems to be about someone who knows colour by its RGB values and all the technical properties about it, but physically can't see it. Same with sound, he can't hear the 'colour' on his radio but a satellite would be able to know it from the waveforms in the signal.
On a more metaphorical level, maybe Kevin is trying to complain about the way that computers can replace the senses that we already should have naturally, and that you can look at things too scientifically or technically instead of using our "god-given" instincts. I also have this funny little idea that the song is about life from the eyes of a robot. The robot doesn't know what "senses" are, and he sees everything with its exact color values, breaking them down to just red, green and blue, as they are primary and "other colours fade anyway"
Just an idea. Excellent song though.
It seems to be about someone who knows colour by its RGB values and all the technical properties about it, but physically can't see it. Same with sound, he can't hear the 'colour' on his radio but a satellite would be able to know it from the waveforms in the signal.
On a more metaphorical level, maybe Kevin is trying to complain about the way that computers can replace the senses that we already should have naturally, and that you can look at things too scientifically or technically instead of using our "god-given" instincts. I also have this funny little idea that the song is about life from the eyes of a robot. The robot doesn't know what "senses" are, and he sees everything with its exact color values, breaking them down to just red, green and blue, as they are primary and "other colours fade anyway" Just an idea. Excellent song though.
That's an interesting take on it; though I've always seen it as something more personal. Great song nonetheless.
That's an interesting take on it; though I've always seen it as something more personal. Great song nonetheless.