This song was written for the “Muppet Movie” in 1979 and it conveys a feeling of destiny, but it does not start that way. He is singing this song with a banjo in a swamp. None of what he desires, exist in the swamp. It is a lonely place, not because there are no other animals there, but because there is no one else like him. He has dreams that are different than your normal ordinary frog. He begins to sing about rainbows being visions, but only illusions not understanding that he is in the place where a rainbow is the likely thing to happen. Rainbows need water and sunshine and air. Add in some greenery and you are in a swamp. The greenery sustains you in this wonderful atmosphere that many would call a “hot mess”. Make you wonder why God would choose this type of climate to perform the greatest of miracles. Kermit says, “Someday we will find it, the rainbow connection”. The rainbow connection is from the old myth that if you see a rainbow and follow it to the end, there is something wonderful like a pot of gold. It represents the optimism in life that if I keep searching and keep looking that something truly wonderful is at the end of the journey. Lovers receive their loved ones, dreamers realize their dreams and me, I receive the just fruits of my labor of loving and waiting and looking. The rainbow connection is the manifestation of a longing finally fulfilled.
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