Posted by The Rt. Rev. Mark Luljak
November 17, 2010 -
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You know, a lot of people dismiss Pink Floyd as a 60's/70's psychedelic band. Non-fans tend to, anyway. But they did grow into addressing larger interpersonal and real-life issues (Dark Side of the Moon, Wish You Were Here, The Wall, Momentary Lapse of Reason, and Division Bell) in their later years.
I was just browsing through my collection looking for something, and remembered this song, which I've always found kind of inspirational. Possibly even spiritual. If not spiritual, it at least speaks to the premise that we should band together for good, and fight the darkness. I present you:
"On the Turning Away" - Pink Floyd
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 others' 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 it's 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
And 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?
