Karma Chameleon

I watched that music video for the first time about three years ago on a local TV station. That song grabbed my attention. The singer impressed me with his singing style and his costumes, but I never thought the singer was a male. When I learnt that he was, I couldn't believe it. Anyway, Boy George has become my one of favorite pop singers.


Karma is a Sanskrit word. The Pali form of it is Kamma. Both words are used in the Sinhalese language. The term has several meanings. Action, Object (grammar) and deliberate intention of an action are the major meanings of it. I still wonder why that Kamma adjective has been used to define that chameleon. 
 

I have my own interpretation to the song. The Karma Chameleon refers to a cheating lover. This song is sung at the funeral of their affair. They are about to seaparate forever. The singer thinks he has been cheated by his lover. They have had a bitter fight. The singer had been tolerating the wicked deeds of his lover for his love was an addiction for him, but now the limit has been reached. He is questioning the doubtful behaviour of his lover.


The lover didn't have any firm love for the singer. He was constantly changing, and he was a opportunist. He had changed his course for his benefit just like a chameleon changes its color in accordance with the colour of surface where that it stays, so as to protect itself from dangers. The singer had great expectations for their love. If only his partner also had the same intention as him, their love would have been a sweet one. For then the colors(great expectations) of his dreams and the colors of chameleon would be in accordance, and the chameleon could have stayed in his dreams forever. If it were like this they wouldn't have to separate. But their intentions were different. The chameleon(The opportunist lover) didn't really need him any more.


Though it is about a bitter experience, the song is sung in a jolly mood. Perhaps it may be because of the joy of getting rid of a cheater, but I cannot see any relevance of the music video to the meaning of the song though there is a thief(a cheater).


Anyway my favorite song of Boy George is Victims, for it is very emotional.

This is a very high level of English, well done! =)