Everybody knows that our cities were built to be destroyed
You get annoyed, you buy a flat, you hide behind the mat
But I know she was born to do everything wrong with all of that

Maria Bethânia, please send me a letter
I wish to know things are getting better
Better, better, Beta, Beta, Bethânia
Please, send me a letter
I wish to know things are getting better

She has given her soul to the devil but the devil gave her soul to God
Before the flood, after the blood, before you can see
She has sold her soul to the devil and bought a flat by the sea

Maria Bethânia, please send me a letter
I wish to know things are getting better
Better, better, Beta, Beta, Bethânia
Please, send me a letter
I wish to know things are getting better

Everybody knows that it's so hard to dig and get to the root
You eat the fruit, you go ahead, you wake up on your bed
But I love her face 'cause it has nothing to do with all I said

Maria Bethânia, please send me a letter
I wish to know things are getting better
Better, better, Beta, Beta, Bethânia
Please, send me a letter
I wish to know things are getting better

You leave in the morning with everything you own in a little black case
Alone on a platform, the wind and the rain on a sad and lonely face
Mother will never understand why you had to leave
But the answers you seek will never be found at home
The love that you need will never be found at home

Run away, turn away, run away, turn away, run away

Pushed around and kicked around, always a lonely boy
You were the one that they'd talk about around town as they put you down
And as hard as they would try they'd hurt to make you cry
But you never cried to them, just to your soul

Run away, turn away, run away, turn away, run away
Crying to your soul
Cry, boy, cry

...

Amity!!! You're back?

Amity!!! You're back? — Olivier5

Well, yeah-ish.
In a semi-comatose, vague kinda hand-waving way :roll:
Part of me wants to be here, the other three-quarters and a half not so much :confused:

Sorry for the deletion. I think it was 'All Things Must Pass'.
And then I thought, "Nah, don't start..."
See what I mean?

Thanks for askin' :sparkle:

In a semi-comatose, vague kinda hand-waving way :roll: — Amity

Welcome anyway! And no offense, but that could fit any and all TPFer... Me included!

In your honor, a teaser from a production of Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake by the Monte Carlo Ballets. This show is highly recommended if you can find it. The story is about a girl beloved by prince Siegfried, but who turns into a swan at night due to being under a sorcerer's spell.

Somebody like you, I guess. Personally I turn into a pig at night.



I found the dance of the swans scene:


And an unusual yet charming backstage footage to boot:

Welcome anyway! And no offense, but that could fit any and all TPFer... Me included! — Olivier5

Thank you for the welcome words, images and sounds. Fantastique :cool:
Fortunately, you are quite wrong about my description fitting other TPF participants.
In a way, we dance around in a kind of hierarchy, some more fit and flexible than others.
We play our parts, don't we?

In your honor, a teaser from a production of Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake by the Monte Carlo Ballets. This show is highly recommended if you can find it. The story is about a girl beloved by prince Siegfried, but who turns into a swan at night due to being under a sorcerer's spell.

Somebody like you, I guess. Personally I turn into a pig at night. — Olivier5

It's been some time since I attended any ballet or big stage production
This version of Swan Lake takes a minute to adjust to. Great find!

Apart from enjoying the scenes and choreography - why did one part remind me of an American musical? - we could, if we wanted to, bring in the philosophical element.
To engage with identity and change. Or the tensions between good and evil.

When is a swan not a swan?
A pig is a pig is a pig.

Ah no, just sit back and let the music and dance of life flow :flower:
Yup :smile:

From the sublime to the...

Bellamy Brothers - Let Your Love Flow (1976)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQQj2rQBFvA

:hearts:
There's a reason for the sunshine sky
And there's a reason why I'm feelin' so high
Must be the season
When that love light shines all around us

So let that feelin' grab you deep inside
And send you reelin' where your love can't hide
And then go stealin'
Through the moonlit nights with your lover

Just let your love flow like a mountain stream
And let your love grow with the smallest of dreams
And let your love show
And you'll know what I mean, it's the season

Let your love fly like a bird on a wing
And let your love bind you to all living things
And let your love shine
And you'll know what I mean, that's the reason

There's a reason for the warm sweet nights
And there's a reason for the candle lights
Must be the season
When those love rites shine all around us

So let that wonder take you into space
And lay you under its loving embrace
Just feel the thunder as it warms your face
You can't hold back
...

Songwriters: Larry E. Williams. For non-commercial use only.
Data From: Musixmatch

Wow!
I'm sure I have heardn't this song since when it was new on my transistor AM radio at summer camp. :sparkle: :clap:

Another oldie from that era ...
https://thephilosophyforum.com/discussion/comment/680466

why did one part remind me of an American musical? — Amity

Because it is not you usual ballet, it "quotes" or includes elements of European cabaret culture, Broadway musicals à la Cats and Hollywood musicals.

The show was filmed onstage during COVID (I think) so~ it's a different feel than your usual TV ballet: the dancers are filmed up close and they look into the camera. It takes some getting used to.

I'm sure I have heard this song since when it was new on my transistor AM radio at summer camp. :sparkle: :clap:

Another oldie from that era ...
https://thephilosophyforum.com/discussion/comment/680466 — 180 Proof

:smile:
Yeah, I know, I know, I know, I know...
Some songs bear repeating :cool:
If only for the memories...

Because it is not you usual ballet, it "quotes" or includes elements of European cabaret culture, Broadway musicals à la Cats and Hollywood musicals. — Olivier5

Yes, I got that it was out of the ordinary. Not your traditional.

What I meant was that I received a strong impression in the first video of an American musical but I couldn't think which one.
See 2.01 to 2.08.
Perhaps West Side Story...

I am not a fan of Cats but I do appreciate how the feathers quivered here.
The backstage footage was quite cheeky as it charmed.

The show was filmed onstage during COVID (I think) so~ it's a different feel than your usual TV ballet: the dancers are filmed up close and they look into the camera. It takes some getting used to. — Olivier5

Ah, thanks for pointing that out. Yes, I see it now. Thanks.

Did you ever wake up with a song, not in your heart but running through your head...?
The tune just fine but the words...

This morning it was, "I can't stand the pain. On my window. Rain"

The song:
I Can't Stand the Rain - Ann Peebles (1974)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A09GZeORYlo

And then I thought about previous themes on this thread. Love. Weather. Whatever.*

The Hollies - Rain On The Windows
"RAIN ON THE WINDOW" is a song from the 1967 album "Evolution".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cz-rIM_KKbs

When I hear pitter-patter the rain on the window
Reminds me of her
When I hear pitter-patter the rain on the window

It was raining hard
The trees looked bare the night I met her
She was wet her hands were cold
The wind blew through her hair

Though I'd known her quite a long time
We were just good friends
So it didn't seem so strange
Inviting her back home

We sat by the fire
The flames brought out something in her
Melting all the cold
Projecting warmth I never knew

As the rain beat on my window
Did she understand
That in the glow of dying embers
Everything was planned

When I hear pitter-patter the rain on the window
Reminds me of her
When I hear pitter-patter the rain on the window

Pitter-patter pitter-patter pitter-patter pitter-patter
Pitter-patter pitter-patter pitter-patter pitter-patter
Pitter-patter pitter-patter pitter-patter pitter-patter
Pitter-patter pitter-patter pitter-patter pitter-patter

We made love later on that night
While the rain beat on my window
I can't forget the things that happened
While the rain beat down on my window

Next time I saw her
I knew she didn't want to know me
If I disappointed her
I think she should have told me

Can't she understand
I only tried to be a man
She made me feel so ashamed
Of everything I am

When I hear pitter-patter
The rain on the window
Reminds me of her

When I hear pitter-patter
The rain on the window
Reminds me of her

When I hear pitter-patter
The rain on the window
Reminds me of her

Songwriters: Graham Nash, Tony Hicks, Allen Clarke. For non-commercial use only.

*
Thanks for all your continuing hard work.
Introducing new songs, experiences and persevering in stormy weather.

Me? I'm staying well out of the heat.
Chillin' :cool:

If the rain comes
They run and hide their heads
They might as well be dead
If the rain comes
If the rain comes

When the sun shines
They slip into the shade
And sip their lemonade
When the sun shines
When the sun shines

Rain
I don't mind
Shine
The weather's fine

I can show you
That when it starts to rain
Everything's the same
I can show you
I can show you

Rain
I don't mind
Shine
The weather's fine

Can you hear me?
That when it rains and shines
It's just a state of mind
Can you hear me?
Can you hear me?

Sdeah reiht edih dna nur yeht
Semoc niar eht fi
Niar
Senihs nus

"Rain" (3:02)
The Beatles Rock Bank Custom DLC, 2020
writers Lennon-McCartney, 1966
The Beatles

How perfect. How do you find them?

Shine, the weather's fine.
I hear ya'.
:hearts:

"Riders on the Storm" (6:13)
Need For Speed Underground 2, 2004
writers The Doors, 1971
performers Jim Morrison, feat. Snoop Dogg (Fredwreck Remix)

https://thephilosophyforum.com/discussion/comment/724942 :point: :sparkle:

I found someone to love
I found someone

Quelqu'un pour rire
Quelqu'un pour parler
Quelqu'un pour se battre
Quelqu'un pour se fâcher
Quelqu'un pour vivre
Quelqu'un pour se quitter
Sur qui cracher, à caresser

I found someone to love
I found someone

Un pour dormir
Un pour s'ennuyer
Un à embrasser
Un à énerver
Un à lécher
Un pour rigoler
Un pour ramper
Un à surprendre
Quelqu'un à étonner
Quelqu'un à regarder
Quelqu'un à frapper
Quelqu'un pour s'esquinter
Quelqu'un pour se blesser
Quelqu'un pour changer
Quelqu'un à inventer
Quelqu'un à maudire

I found someone to love
I found someone

Quelqu'un pour rire
Quelqu'un pour parler
Quelqu'un pour se battre
Quelqu'un pour se fâcher
Quelqu'un à fuir
Quelqu'un pour revenir
Quelqu'un à démolir
Quelqu'un à retrouver

Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day
Fritter and waste the hours in an offhand way
Kicking around on a piece of ground in your hometown
Waiting for someone or something to show you the way

Tired of lying in the sunshine, staying home to watch the rain
You are young and life is long, and there is time to kill today
And then one day you find ten years have got behind you
No one told you when to run, you missed the starting gun

And you run, and you run to catch up with the sun but it's sinking
Racing around to come up behind you again
The sun is the same in a relative way but you're older
Shorter of breath and one day closer to death

Every year is getting shorter, never seem to find the time
Plans that either come to naught or half a page of scribbled lines
Hanging on in quiet desperation is the English way
The time is gone, the song is over, thought I'd something more to say

Home, home again
I like to be here when I can
And when I come home cold and tired
It's good to warm my bones beside the fire

Far away across the field
The tolling of the iron bell
Calls the faithful to their knees
To hear the softly spoken magic spells

"Time"
Dark Side of the Moon, 1973
Pink Floyd

Lightning Seeds - Sunshine (Official Audio)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=flbVTa0dIZo

In the sunshine
Every little thing feels fine
Sunshine

I was dreaming in a dream tonight
On a cloud I was riding high
Fixing a hole in the sky
The stars disappeared with a kiss
And left us the morning mist
We're helpless to resist

Sometimes
The sun shines
In my heart
And every little thing feels fine

I woke up and now I'm feeling strange
Like a pawn that got lost in a game
I'd like to dream it again
Things may go bump in the night
The world is dark but the moon is bright
Here comes

The sunshine
Sometimes
In my heart
Every little thing feels fine

Every little thing feels fine
Here comes

The sunshine
Sometimes
In my heart
Every little thing feels fine

In the sunshine (sunshine)
Sometimes (sunshine)
Every little thing (sometimes) feels fine (sunshine)
In the sunshine (sunshine)
Every little thing feels fine

And if the sunshine is too bright for you...

:cool:
Lightning Seeds - Four Winds
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LCVXSPoETek

The year was '65
Outside your room was where I'd lie
To hear those Dylan tunes
In the afternoon
We never seemed to share a point of view
And thunderclouds were never far away
And every day
I guess you got those blues
And when you get those blues
There's nothing you can do
I wish four winds could blow you home
Back to when we'd sit and find a way
To face today
I guess you got those blues
And when you get those blues
There's nothing you can do
No one to turn to
When you get those blues
When you get those blues
There's nothing you can do

Songwriters: Ian Broudie. For non-commercial use only.

This is Love - George Harrison
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqWkBk2ixs8

George Harrison, Jeff Lynne

Vicious words drift away from their meanings
And the sun melts the chill from our lives
Helping us all to remember what we came here for
This is love
This is la la la la love
This is love
This is la la la la love

Little things that will change you forever
May appear from out of the blue
Making fools of everybody who don't understand
This is love
This is la la la la love
This is love
This is la la la la love

This is love, this is love
This is love, this is la la la la love

Since our problems have been our own creation
They also can be overcome
When we use the power provided free to everyone
This is love
This is la la la la love
This is love
This is la la la la love

This is love
This is la la la la love
This is love
This is la la la la love

The lyric that most changed my life was "Did you exchange a walk on part in the war for a lead role in a cage?" As stupid as it sounds, that lyric would go through my mind every day when I worked a job I had mastered and was successful at, but there was no challenge. I had a leading role in a cage, but needed the war.

We Are Not Alone



This world has ears and rocks have eyes
Nature loves to hide
The world is a bush full of fiery eyes
Nature loves to hide
I've travelled a lot, I was observed
I was observed and unaware
I've travelled a lot unaware I was observed, I was observed
We are not alone (Good news for life)
We are not alone (Good news for life)
We are not alonе (Good news for life)
We arе not alone (Good news for life)
We don't see them (Good news for life)
We don't see them (Good news for life)
We don't see them (Good news for life)
We don't see them (Good news for life)
We are not alone (Good news for life)
Yeah, we are not alone (Good news for life)
We are not alone (Good news for life)
We are not alone (Good news for life)
We don't see them (Good news for life)
We don't see them (Good news for life)
We don't see them (Good news for life)
We don't see them (Good news for life)
We are not alone (Good news for life)
Yeah, we are not alone (Good news for life)
Yeah, we are not alone (Good news for life)
We are not alone (Good news for life)

The lyric that most changed my life was "Did you exchange a walk on part in the war for a lead role in a cage?" As stupid as it sounds, that lyric would go through my mind every day when I worked a job I had mastered and was successful at, but there was no challenge. I had a leading role in a cage, but needed the war. — Hanover

Pink Floyd. Unique.
Experimental sounds, philosophical lyrics, insane themes, live shows.
What's not to like?

So, did you change your job or your attitude?
Did you pick your own wars or battles?
Change. Of cages challenging.

I think we can all think of inspirational song quotes.
After a breakup and feeling sorry for myself, I wrote 2 words on my wall poster.
A reminder that things don't stay the same forever.
I had been listening to Lesley Duncan (perhaps wrong move with melancholy).

Posting this again, with video.

This is Love.
I woke up with this in my ears and on my mind.
Thinking about how it would be if we concentrated more on love rather than hate.
Together with a bit of humour, I love the final minutes of this.
George spreading pop star legs, laughing at it himself...

Also, See 1:07

Little things that will change you forever
May appear from out of the blue — Amity

Close-up of guitar-playing about 1:40.

:cool: :up:
I seem to recall it was my senior year in high school (c1980) when Mr. Waters' gave me this "short sharp shock" ... of recognition(?). I must have spent the next few years rummaging through his sonic night-sweats and melodic fevers of Pink Floyd's albums from Meddle to The Final Cut, an ordeal that didn't quite "destroy" me, but left me (as the Joker said in his best Freddy parody) a little stranger by the mid-80s – my lost decade.

… I've got a little black book with my poems in
Got a bag with a toothbrush and a comb in
When I'm a good dog, they sometimes throw me a bone in

… I got elastic bands keepin' my shoes on
Got those swollen-hand blues
I got thirteen channels of shit on the T.V. to choose from
I've got electric light
And I've got second sight
I got amazing powers of observation
And that is how I know
When I try to get through
On the telephone to you
There'll be nobody home

… I've got the obligatory Hendrix perm
And the inevitable pinhole burns
All down the front of my favorite satin shirt
I've got nicotine stains on my fingers
I've got a silver spoon on a chain
Got a grand piano to prop up my mortal remains

… I've got wild staring eyes
And I've got a strong urge to fly
But I got nowhere to fly to
Ooh, babe when I pick up the phone

… there's still nobody home

… I've got a pair of Gohills boots
But I got fading roots

"Nobody Home" (3:20)
The Wall, 1979 (live 1980?)
lyrics Roger Waters
Pink Floyd

Lots of great songs have been posted here since I last visited. Thank you all, inc. @Amity, @180 Proof and @Hanover. This thread is indeed about song lyrics, and how they can infuse poetry and wisdom in our life.

Listening to "We're not alone" now.

Listening to "We're not alone" now. — Olivier5

It's 'We Are Not Alone'.
Important not to commatise it, I think.

I discovered it after re-visiting and being inspired by @Benkei's Short Story (Comp1)

https://thephilosophyforum.com/discussion/11530/were-not-alone-by-aibenkei

This thread is indeed about song lyrics, and how they can infuse poetry and wisdom in our life. — Olivier5

Yes. And I love seeing and hearing how strong or not-so-strong songs have an impact.
The powerful Pink Floyd compared to the softer Lesley Duncan.

Lesley was also a session singer and contributed backing vocals to Pink Floyd's 1973 release The Dark Side of the Moon.

I like it; it's contemplative.

This thread is growing into a love shack, baby.

Shack
noun
A very simple and small building made from pieces of wood, metal, or other materials
Synonym: hut