I think it's about someone who is older reflecting on their life. That they lived a good life that was authentic to themselves. "When I choose my colour" to me is about someone choosing their path in life, "be razzle dazzle rose" means be the best in your path, be the most hardworking or genuine or awesome version of that colour.
This idea is strengthened by the lyrics "courage my love will make me bolder". She's saying that in your chosen path, you will need courage to be the best version of whatever you want to be. The lyrics "expecting softness can lead to foolishness" is telling us that if one expects the path to be easy, then you're foolish. At least this is what I can gather from the second verse.
In the first verse, she says "I was lucky like a four-leaf clover". If I am continuing my logic that this song is about reflecting on a life well lived, I would interpret this lyric to mean that she was lucky in that she got to do what she wanted to do, her passion that she excelled in. Then the lyric "tried to be happy, but it wasn't easy" again reflects the idea that she had to work hard to be her best in life. Maybe that hard work didn't always make her the happiest, but she tried, and ultimately is passing on the advice of what will make us happy is trying to excel at something that is authentically ourselves.
I think it's about someone who is older reflecting on their life. That they lived a good life that was authentic to themselves. "When I choose my colour" to me is about someone choosing their path in life, "be razzle dazzle rose" means be the best in your path, be the most hardworking or genuine or awesome version of that colour.
This idea is strengthened by the lyrics "courage my love will make me bolder". She's saying that in your chosen path, you will need courage to be the best version of whatever you want to be. The lyrics "expecting softness can lead to foolishness" is telling us that if one expects the path to be easy, then you're foolish. At least this is what I can gather from the second verse.
In the first verse, she says "I was lucky like a four-leaf clover". If I am continuing my logic that this song is about reflecting on a life well lived, I would interpret this lyric to mean that she was lucky in that she got to do what she wanted to do, her passion that she excelled in. Then the lyric "tried to be happy, but it wasn't easy" again reflects the idea that she had to work hard to be her best in life. Maybe that hard work didn't always make her the happiest, but she tried, and ultimately is passing on the advice of what will make us happy is trying to excel at something that is authentically ourselves.