
Sitting in the interminable traffic I had been listening to music and the lyrics of a Billy Joel song had sparked a train of thought. Switching off the stereo I explored it a little, allowing the thoughts to conjure images and wander off at tangential angles. The song had a simple and, at the time of its release, controversial story, but some of the lyrics fit so well with some of the core tenets of the School that I had to take notice. Take the religious element out and it ceases to be controversial at all… just thought provoking.
They showed you a statue and told you to pray
They built you a temple and locked you away
But they never told you the price that you pay
For things that you might have done…
Isn’t that exactly how so very many of us are caught by ‘the system’? The…
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Thank you 🙂
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Wonderful. I love when we tie in music and or lyrics to our lives. Someone had a notion about something that didn’t fit, then they expressed it. This is why I’m here and stay here with ya all. There’s some good in those ancient walls, evil too. Thanks Sue!
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Thanks, Kim. The lyrics of songs are often overlooked, yet they can be poetry too, with something to say beyond a catchy tune.
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