Nungurner PS / St Joseph's Orbost PS

Choosical

Oct - Nov 2023

Rainbow

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The song starts by describing the metaphorical journey of building friendships, comparing it to following a rainbow. It acknowledges the imperfections and challenges of getting close to others but emphasizes that friendships are rewarding in the end. Each step is represented by a different color of the rainbow, symbolizing stages of getting to know someone—from the awkward beginnings (black and grey) to the trust and joy found later (purple and blue).

This section addresses the difficulties of forming lasting friendships. It highlights that building trust and connection takes time, effort, and perseverance. The rainbow metaphor deepens here, showing that the journey is not straightforward, and setbacks (represented by falling down the colors) are common. Friendship requires patience and the willingness to overcome challenges.

The chorus repeats the theme that true friendship is achieved by pushing through all the stages, no matter the obstacles. The colors serve as a reminder that while the journey may have ups and downs, the end goal is worth the effort. The final message is one of commitment to seeing the friendship through to the end, where strangers become friends after navigating the "rainbow" together.

The question

The challenge of new friendships, what is required of ourselves to get close to others.

The discovery

Building a friendship is like stepping through a rainbow, one colour at a time. Every colour has it's purpose but the journey is not straightforward.

The solution

If you can persevere through every colour the trust and connection at the end feels like a pot of gold.

Audio

Lyrics

Somewhere there’s a rainbow
I was told
Where true friends are waiting
Like a pot of gold
The kind of friends that see you
In the light of day
With all your imperfections
and like you anyway
It looks like it is easy
The colours draw you in
But up close it is dark
Where the rainbow begins

Chorus:
Black
Grey,
Purple
Blue
No way round
Only through
Green, Pink
Red to end
Once a stranger
Now a friend

If you wanna be my friend
Let’s go
See you at the end of the
Rainbow

First step is black
Strangers on new ground
Eyes won’t meet, shuffling feet
No words found

Second step is grey
At least I know your name
This is uncomfortable
Should I run away?

Grey turns to purple ‘cause
you threw me a smile
Maybe I’ll stick around
For a ltitle while

Suddenly it’s blue
Like a sunrise on the sea
I told a dumb joke and you
Laughed with me

Black, Grey, Purple, Blue
No way round
Only through
Green, Pink, Red to end
Once a stranger x 2

Now a friend

Middle 8 Rap:
Don’t - be - fooled making friends ain’t easy
We gotta name some truths, otherwise it’s cheesy

See rainbows don’t appear for no reason or rhyme
To climb to the top takes effort and time

Colour by colour we go up up up
But everybody gonna fall bump, bump. Bump

We wanna give up, but it’s just a little test
Our friendship comes down to what we do next

Walk away with your hands up?
Say it’s too hard, say “I give up!”

Or do ya keep climbing? Cause if you do
This little rainbow gonna reward you

Starting at the black where we don’t say a word,
We gotta start somewhere but it’s so awkward

We make it to blue, where the trust is found
Feels so good but a long way to the ground

So don’t go breaking this trust, oh no,
It’s gonna take us to the top of this rainbow

We made it through pink, we’re almost at red
But I got a bruise from that thing you said

Down to a colour neither of us like
Orange ain’t pretty and it’s got real bite

You are annoying when your jokes don’t stop
Not sure we’re ever gonna make it to the top

Down down another colour or two
Down through green, down through blue

You gotta win my trust back or we won’t climb
Gotta make the effort gotta put in the time

Black, Grey, Purple, Blue
No way round
Only through
Green, Pink, Red to end
Once a stranger x 2
Now a friend

If you wanna be my friend
Let’s go
See you at the end of the
Rainbow