My Colouring Book
Vivid Hues of Love Lost: Nana Mouskouri's Emotional Palette
Lyrics
For those who fancy colouring books
Expressing an affinity for coloring books.
And lots of people do
Acknowledging the widespread popularity of coloring books.
Here`s a new one for you
Introducing a new and unique coloring book.
A most unusual colouring book
Describing the coloring book as exceptionally different.
The kind you never see
Highlighting its rare nature, not commonly found.
Crayons ready, very well, begin to colour me
Inviting the use of crayons to begin coloring the speaker.
These are the eyes that watched
Depicting the eyes that observed someone departing.
Him as he walked away colour them grey
Suggesting a sense of sadness or loss, represented by the color gray.
This is the heart that thought
Referring to the heart's expectation of eternal faithfulness.
He would always be true colour it blue
Assigning the color blue to symbolize trust and fidelity.
These are the arms that held him
Describing the arms that once embraced the departed person.
The touched him then lost him somehow
Recalling the touch of the departed individual, now lost.
Colour them empty now
Portraying the emptiness left after the departure.
These are the beads I wore
Pointing to the beads worn until a third party intervened.
Until she came between colour them green
Assigning the color green to symbolize the interference in the relationship.
This is the room I sleep in
Identifying the room associated with various emotions and activities.
And walk in, and rave in and hide in
Describing the room's functions and emotions experienced within it.
That noboby sees colour it lonely please
Characterizing the room as lonely and unseen by others.
This is the man whose love I depended upon
Introducing a person whose love was relied upon.
Colour him gone
Conveying the loss of that person's love, symbolized by the color gone.
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