It was 50 years ago today ("Within you Without you")

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"With our love we could save the world"

Essa música sempre me foi meio indigesta mas, ao longo do tempo, consegui assimilar. O George já havia feito experiências com elementos de música indiana, no "Rubber Soul" ("Norwegian Wood") e "Revolver" ("Love you to") mas aqui a música é totalmente indiana. É curioso como a sequencia de acordes sugere (para mim ao menos) o desenrolar de uma cobra, pronta para atacar. Da mesma maneira que existem estereótipos de Brasil por todo o mundo, o mesmo acontece com Índia. Naqueles dias a música e cultura indiana eram modelo para se livrar dos vícios da sociedade ocidental que, se não fossem aniquilados, nos levariam para um caos tecnológico conduzindo as pessoas a um isolamento tal que a temida solidão seria um status e não uma condição. A solução não estava no oriente mas dentro de cada um como a poesia do George diz.

 

We were talking about the space between us all
And the people who hide themselves behind a wall of illusion
Never glimpse the truth, then it's far too late, when they pass away
We were talking about the love we all could share
When we find it, to try our best to hold it there with our love
With our love, we could save the world, if they only knew

Try to realise it's all within yourself
No one else can make you change
And to see you're really only very small
And life flows on within you and without you

We were talking about the love that's gone so cold
And the people who gain the world and lose their soul
They don't know, they can't see, are you one of them?

When you've seen beyond yourself then you may find
Peace of mind is waiting there
And the time will come when you see we're all one
And life flows on within you and without you

 

It was 50 years ago today ("Within you Without you")

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