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Add new commentOn the turning awaySubmitted by Terry Hallman on Sun, 2005-06-12 12:11.
Immersed in Artur Zheludkov's case, the following song and lyrics came to mind. Self-explanatory.
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 are joining in the turning away.
It's a sin that somehow light is changing to shadow and casting its 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 day time 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? - Pink Floyd, from the CD: "The Delicate Sound of Thunder" ( categories: )
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