This document is the lyrics of the song America extracts from the movie West Side Story. This movie is a musical directed by Jerome Robbins and Robert Wise in 1961. It sets in NY in the 50’s. It deals with a confrontation between two rival gangs : the Jets (american) and the Sharks (Portorican). It also deals with a love story between Tony and Maria. Their love story is based on Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet as the two lovers belong to different groups. The song America was write by Stephen Sondheim
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If Everyone Cared Nickelback’s song If Everyone Cared has a lot of different ways that it can be interpreted. First you could say that this song is a very religious. With lines like "Singing Amen‚ I’m alive" obviously Amen is a religious term which leads people to think that this song is about God. Another part is the chorus "If everyone cared and nobody cried‚ If everyone loved and nobody lied‚ If everyone shared and swallowed their pride‚ We’d see the day when nobody died." If people cared
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Although Whitman’s arguably most famous poem is entitled “Song of Myself‚” it speaks of more than just the poetic “Walt Whitman” identified early in the poem. Rather‚ Walt Whitman expands his subject in order to talk about things greater than himself and about his ideal America‚ one that is unified and free. In Walt Whitman’s poem “Song of Myself” he defines his ideal America through his decision to speak not only about the relationship between people and nature‚ but about lowliest in American society
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Song dynasty and its significance in Chinese History In this article‚ I would like to introduce the "Culture History" of Song dynasty. I will mainly talk about "Literature"‚ which will be divided into 4 parts that are: 1)Poetry; 2)Prose; 3) Ci(詞); and 4)History. After introducing the Literature‚ I would like to explain Song dynasty ’s significance in Chinese History. In Zhen Zong period‚ Xi Kun Ti became popular among the high officials. The representative of the Xi Kun Ti were Yang
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Steinbeck could have many purposes in publishing his novel‚ Of Mice and Men. One of them was getting his readers to love disabled people through Lennie. People didn’t understand what someone with a disorder was going through in the 30’s. Because of this they saw them as mistakes‚ outcasts. Steinbeck knew otherwise and wanted to have that idea reversed by creating a lovable character like Lennie Small. “If you don’t want me I can g off in the hills an’ find a cave. I can go away any time.”(Steinbeck
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Explication of "Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" In T.S. Eliot’s "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock‚" the author is establishing the trouble the narrator is having dealing with middle age. Prufrock(the narrator) believes that age is a burden and is deeply troubled by it.. His love of some women cannot be because he feels the prime of his life is over. His preoccupation with the passing of time characterizes the fear of aging he has. The poem deals with the aging and fears associated with it of
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person in the song is a man performing a field holler or cry. The song sounds improvised‚ and doesn’t sound like it was for conveying a request or communicating a need. The lyrics include “I won’t be here for long” and “Dark gonna catch me here”‚ so I think the man is saying his current state‚ which is it is almost the end of the day in the cornfield and if he stays any longer‚ he will be stuck in the dark. He is conveying this message for the whole field to hear‚ including his master(s). In addition
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Everything that kills me makes me feel alive [Chorus] Lately I been‚ I been losing sleep (Hey!) Dreaming about the things that we could be But baby‚ I been‚ I been prayin’ hard Said no more counting dollars We’ll be counting stars I feel the love And I feel it burn Down this river every turn Hope is a four letter word Make that money Watch it burn Lately I been‚ I been losing sleep (Hey!) Dreaming about the things that we could be But baby‚ I been‚ I been prayin’ hard Said no more
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I have chosen my 5 song lyrics about the Beatitudes from “The Beatitudes Song” written by Benjamin Tribe. My first song lyric is “Blessed are the poor in spirit those who see the sin in their hearts.” This relates to the Beatitude “Blessed are the poor in spirit” because it talks about the people who see and admit their strengths and weaknesses. My second song lyrics is “Blessed are the one who is weeping cause sin has torn the whole world apart.” This relates to the Beatitude “Blessed
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The song I’ve very precisely selected is ‘Medina’ by Maher Zain. This song falls into the genre of Soul music‚ which is a popular music genre mostly for early teens to young adults. Examples of other popular contemporary or modern Soul music artists include‚ Mary J. Blige‚ Anthony Hamilton‚ Joss Stone‚ and Raphael Saadiq. This genre originated in the U.S from around 1950s to early 1960s. Moreover‚ In January of 2010‚ Maher Zain was awarded the World Music Awards for being the World’s Best Entertainer
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