Optimistic
Sombre
Sombre adjective - Grave or even gloomy in character.
Both words in one sentence
- Sung by Procol Harum's Gary Brooker, it's cautiously optimistic as opposed to Rush's song, but it's played at a more sombre tempo, perhaps foreshadowing that the long awaited fame might not be all it's cracked up to be.
Source: Rockstar Song
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