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Word: colourless (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...begins by painting a honeymoon postcard picture, complete with a "romantic Piscean," an "angel in disguise" and a Poconos-style "heart-shaped hotel room." This image is then contrasted with the situation of those born into circumstances hidden from Western eyes: "but all I see is films where a colourless despair/meant angry young men with immaculate hair." Throughout the song, though, the pop tempo is maintained, obscuring the darkness of the lyrics and perhaps mirroring the precarious joy of the honeymooners who are ignorant of the suffering of others a world or a few generations away...

Author: By Erika L. Guckenberger, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Just Another 'Static' Sunday | 12/5/1997 | See Source »

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