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Wednesday, May 17, 2006

SONGS FROM A NEW WORLD

A new world calls across the ocean

A new world calls across the sky

A new world whispers in the shadows

Time to fly, time to fly

It's about one moment

The moment before it all becomes clear

And in that one moment

You start to believe there's nothing to fear

It's about one second And just when you're on the verge of success

The sky starts to change

And the wind starts to blow

And you're suddenly a stranger

There's no explaining where you stand

And you didn't know

That you sometimes have to go

‘Round an unexpected bend

And the road will end

In a new world

A new world calls for me to follow

A new world waits for my reply

A new world holds me to a promise

Standing by, standing by

It's about one moment

That moment you think you know where you stand

And in that one moment

The things that you're sure of slip from your hand

And you've got one second

To try to be clear, to try to stand tall

But nothing's the same And the wind starts to blow

And you're suddenly a stranger

In some completely different land

And you thought you knew

But you didn't have a clue

That the surface sometimes cracks

To reveal the tracks

To a new world

You have a house in the hills

You have a job on the coast

You find a lover you're sure you believe in

You've got a pool in the back

You get to the part of your life

You hold the ring in your hand

But then the earthquake hits

And the bank closes in

Then you realize you didn't know anything

Nobody told you the best way to steer

When the wind starts to blow

And you're suddenly a stranger

All of a sudden

You life is different than you planned

And you'll have to stay ‘til you somehow find a way

To be sure of what will be

Then you might be free

A new world crashes down like thunder

A new world charging through the air

A new world just beyond the mountain

Waiting there, waiting there

A new world shattering the silence

There's a new world I'm afraid to see

A new world louder every moment

Come to me, come to me!

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When I first heard this song I thought "so what they want a new world with peace and Blah Blah Blah..." But when I listened to it carefully for the first time, I understood that A New World is just what They want. A new world can stand for anything!

I think that the lyrics of this song are about how life creates ups and down that you have to face to be able to find "A New World" or your heart's desire. The song says that when you "know where you stand" then you really have just started the long journey to getting what you want!

To clarify my point before, the message says something like this:

Though disaster might strike, keep going strong and you will finally reach what you believe in...

"But then the earthquake hits
And the bank closes in
Then you realize you didn't know anything
Nobody told you the best way to steer
When the wind starts to blow"

And after you have faced your challenges you will have to face them again, and again... But you will now know how to face them.

After I heard this meaning in the song I listened even more closely to all of the songs from this show and found a hidden link in every song. I found that every song had at least on link to all of the other songs in the play. (e.g. in "The river won't flow for me" It talks about the "river of fat fish" (money) waiting to be caught. and then in "Moon and Stars" It talks about a flowing river with fat fish to catch.)

The more I looked at the songs the more links between them I found!

To listen to clips from "Songs From A New World," Click here. And remember to scroll down partway down the page!!!

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To look at the lyrics for "Songs From A New World," Click here.

"A new world crashes down like thunder
A new world charging through the air
A new world just beyond the mountain
Waiting there, waiting there
A new world shattering the silence
There's a new world I'm afraid to see
A new world louder every moment
Come to me, come to me!"

2 Comments:

Hersh said...: Absalom,

Good job on your reflection, and one more time, as I have said on all my comment posts, I have never heard of this song. But it seems to be a meaningfull one so I might listen to it someday.

Your reflection on the song was sort of short so next time you might want to make it longer. I liked how you quoted the song and used them to make understanding the song easier. You did well on this assingment.

Good Job! :); 5:15 PM
ENIGMADAN said...: I am not Absalom! I am Daniel!; 10:50 PM