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November 26th, 2009 by mrzebra | Posted in Music | No Comments »

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leaving terra
leaving terra

if you’re a thought
you will want me
to think you
and I did

invite a Guest
up until you announced
that
you had moved in
“what do you plan to do
with all your freedom?”
the new sheriff said,
quite proud of his
Badge
“you must admit the Land is now
in good hands”

yes, time will tell that
you just life your lamp

I will follow
Her on her path
Scarlet’s Walk
through the voilets
just tell your
Gods for me
all debts are off this year
they’re free to leave
yes they’re free
to leave

leaving terra
leaving terra

there was a time
when i thought that
Her destiny
should’ve been
mine
Big Brave Nation
but instead her Medicine
now forgotten

“what do you plan to do
with all your stories”
the new sheriff said,
quite proud of his Badge
we’ll weave them through
every
rocket’s red glare
and
huddled masses
you just lift your lamp

I will follow
Her on her path
Scarlet’s Walk
through the violets
just tell your
Gods for me
all debts are off this year
they’re free to leave
yes they’re free
to leave

leaving terra
leaving terra

if you’re a thought
you will want me
to think you
and I did
and I did

It’s a Monday

November 23rd, 2009 by mrzebra | Posted in Ramblings | No Comments »

Monday catchup

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Home

November 8th, 2009 by mrzebra | Posted in Science | No Comments »

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We are living in exceptional times. Scientists tell us that we have 10 years to change the way we live, avert the depletion of natural resources and the catastrophic evolution of the Earth’s climate.

The stakes are high for us and our children. Everyone should take part in the effort, and HOME has been conceived to take a message of mobilization out to every human being.

For this purpose, HOME needs to be free. A patron, the PPR Group, made this possible. EuropaCorp, the distributor, also pledged not to make any profit because Home is a non-profit film.

HOME has been made for you : share it! And act for the planet.

Yann Arthus-Bertrand

HOME official website
http://www.home-2009.com

South Park: Chipotlaway

October 15th, 2009 by mrzebra | Posted in TV | No Comments »


James Horner – Listen to the Wind

September 29th, 2009 by mrzebra | Posted in Music | No Comments »

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James Horner – Listen to the Wind

Time is a river that flows endlessly
And a life is a whisper, a kiss in a dream

Shadows dance behind the firelight
And all the spirits of the night remind us:
We are not alone

Tomorrow: a sun soon rising
And yesterday is there beside us
And it’s never far away

If you listen to the wind you can hear me again
Even when I’m gone you can still hear the song
High up in the trees as it moves through the leaves
Listen to the wind, there’s no end to my…

Love is forever a circle unbroken
The seasons keep changing; it always remains

Spring will melt the snows of winter
And the summer gives us days of light
So long till autumn makes them fade

Remember the sound of laughter
We ran together through the meadows
Still we thought our hearts could break

If you listen to the wind, you can hear me again
Even when I’m gone you can still hear the song
High up in the trees as it moves through the leaves
Listen to the wind and I’ll send you my love

Listen to the wind where the sky meets the land
I’m not really gone I’ve been here all along
High up in the trees in the sound of the leaves
Listen to the wind there’s no end to my…

Time is a river that flows to the sea
And a life is a whisper, a kiss in a dream.

This song was written for Terrence Malick’s The New World.  However, the director and James Horner did not see eye to eye and much of the score, including this song, was dropped from the movie.  This song still appeared on the soundtrack, which is worth checking out.  It was sung by Hayley Westenra.

An instrumental version can be found here:

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Loreena McKennitt – The Engligh Ladye and The Knight

September 24th, 2009 by mrzebra | Posted in Music | No Comments »

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Loreena McKennitt – The English Ladye and the Knight

It was an English ladye bright,
(The sun shines fair on Carlisle wall)
And she would marry a Scottish knight,
For Love will still be lord of all.

Blithely they saw the rising sun
When he shone fair on Carlisle wall;
But they were sad ere day was done,
Though Love was still the lord of all.

Her sire gave brooch and jewel fine,
Where the sun shines fair on Carlisle wall;
Her brother gave but a flask of wine,
For ire that Love was lord of all.

For she had lands both meadow and lea,
Where the sun shines fair on Carlisle wall,
For he swore her death, ere he would see
A Scottish knight the lord of all.

That wine she had not tasted well
(The sun shines fair on Carlisle wall)
When dead, in her true love’s arms, she fell,
For Love was still the lord of all!

He pierced her brother to the heart,
Where the sun shines fair on Carlisle wall,
So perish all would true love part
That Love may still be lord of all!

And then he took the cross divine,
Where the sun shines fair on Carlisle wall,
And died for her sake in Palestine;
So Love was still the lord of all.

Now all ye lovers, that faithful prove,
(The sun shines fair on Carlisle wall)
Pray for their souls who died for love,
For Love shall still be lord of all!

This song is based on Sir Walter Scott’s poem It was an English Ladye Bright, was first published in “The Lay of the Last Minstrel” (London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme; Edinburgh: James Ballantyne, 1805). It is a ballad represented as sung at the wedding festivities by Albert Graeme. Scott says the residence of the Graemes was chiefly in the Debateable Land, so called because it was claimed by both Scotland and England at the time.

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