Day 19: A song that makes you think about life
This is about how people turn away from the “weak and the weary”, despite the fact that suffering is such a big problem in the world.
David Gilmour (Only Music, December 1987): “‘Turning Away’ is about the political situations in the world. We have these rather right-wing conservative governments that don’t seem to care about many things other than looking after themselves.”
On the turning away
From the pale and downtrodden
And the words they say which we won't understand
"Don't accept that, what's happening
Is just a case of other's suffering
Or you'll find that you're joining in
The turning away"
It's a sin that somehow
Light is changing to shadow
And casting its shroud over all we have known
Unaware how the ranks have grown
Driven on by a heart of stone
We could find that we're all alone
In the dream of the proud
On the wings of the night
As the daytime is stirring
Where the speechless unite in a silent accord
Using words you will find are strange
Mesmerised as they light the flame
Feel the new wind of change
On the wings of the night
No more turning away
From the weak and the weary
No more turning away from the coldness inside
Just a world that we all must share
It's not enough just to stand and stare
Is it only a dream that there'll be
No more turning away?
So much has changed that much needs to change. Has it always been like that, i wonder.
ReplyDeleteNothing is constant but change or so says Plato!
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