Why Rainbow Connection

If you have heard The Rainbow Connection and enjoyed it, you will understand what I mean as I write this post. Besides the nice music, the lyrics are darn good despite being simple.

It basically tells a story of a person who believes and has faith in something which others may ignore and tell otherwise. It is a song of the unknown and hope. Life is meaningful because we give meaning to it. Everyone may have a different view and meaning towards how we perceive certain things and events.

What is revealing about the song is the part where it sings;

Someday we'll find it, the rainbow connection,

The lovers, the dreamers and me.

Our purpose of life (I would like to believe that it is referred as rainbow in the song due to its beauty) can only be found and fulfilled with the combination of our mind and heart. Notice that lovers actually refer to something emotional, which eventually talks about the heart and dreamers in reference to the mind.

I will be nice enough to embed the YouTube so that you can just hear directly from here, without searching further for it. Sarah McLachlan's version of the Rainbow Connection is by far the best one I have heard. Enjoy the song. :)

The Rainbow Connection

Why are there so many songs about rainbows
And what’s on the other side?
Rainbows are visions, but only illusions,
And rainbows have nothing to hide.
So we’ve been told and some choose to believe it
I know they’re wrong, wait and see.
Someday we’ll find it, the rainbow connection,
The lovers, the dreamers and me.

Who said that every wish would be heard and answered
when wished on the morning star?
Somebody thought of that
and someone believed it,
and look what it’s done so far.
What’s so amazing that keeps us stargazing?
And what do we think we might see?
Someday we’ll find it, the rainbow connection,
the lovers, the dreamers and me.

All of us under its spell,
we know that it’s probably magic….

Have you been half asleep
and have you heard voices?
I’ve heard them calling my name.
Is this the sweet sound that calls the young sailors?
The voice might be one and the same.
I’ve heard it too many times to ignore it.
It’s something that I’m supposed to be.
Someday we’ll find it, the rainbow connection,
the lovers, the dreamers and me.