Friday 24 June 2011

Turn, turn, turn...

I have recently been listening to the excellent album The Man Who by Travis and especially the track Turn:
I want to see what people saw
I want to feel like I felt before
I'd like to see the kingdom come
I want to feel forever young
I want to sing
To sing my song
I want to live in a world where I belong
I want to live 
I will survive
And I believe that it won't be very long
If we turn, turn, turn, turn, turn
Then we might learn
So where's the stars?
Up in the sky
And what's the moon?
A big balloon
We'll never know unless we grow
There's so much world outside the door
I want to sing
To sing my song
I want to live in a world where I'll be strong
I want to live
I will survive
And I believe that it won't be very long
If we turn, turn, turn, turn, turn
And if we turn, turn, turn, turn
Then we might learn
Turn, turn, turn, turn
Turn, turn, turn
And if we turn, turn, turn, turn
Then we might learn
Learn to turn

As I listened to this wonderful song it spoke to me in so many ways - belonging, seeing, living, growing - but the refrain to turn, turn, turn really resonated with me. If we turn - look at things differently, consider changing our views, engage with one another - turn to one another then we might learn, so learn to turn.
Beautiful and moving - give it a listen

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