Tribute to Kickdefella
And yet another of our fellow bloggers has been taken in for sedition. Apparently because of his entry calling for the flag to be flown upside down. I am worried for him. And Teresa Kok. And Raja Petra. These are the heroes of our generation. Let us not forget these names.
Sometimes music is the best balm. This is from one of my recent favourite musicals, Spring Awakening (winner of 2007 Tony Awards): “Those You’ve Known”… Dedicated to all the ISA detainees, all 65 of them in Kamunting. And a tribute to Kickdefella.
Those you’ve known
And lost, still walk behind you
All alone
They linger till they find youWithout them
The world grows dark around you
And nothing is the same until you know that they have found youThose you’ve pained
May carry that still with them
All the same
They whisper: “All forgiven.”Still your heart says
The shadows bring the starlight
And everything you’ve ever been is still there in the dark nightWhen the northern wind blows
The sorrows your heart holds
There are those who still know –
They’re still home
We’re still homeThose you know
You’ve left them far behind
You walk on by yourself, and not with them –Still you know
They will fill your heart and mind
When they say there’s a way through thisThose you’ve known
And lost, still walk behind you
All alone
Their song still seems to find youThey call you
As if you knew their longing –
They whistle through the lonely wind, the long blue shadows fallingAll alone
But still I hear their yearning
Through the dark, the moon, alone there, burningThe stars too
They tell of spring returning –
And summer with another wind that no one yet has knownThey call me –
Through all things –
Night’s falling
But somehow I go onYou watch me
Just watch me –
I’m calling
From longingWhen the northern wind blows
The sorrows your heart’s known –
I believe…Still you known
There’s so much more to find –
Another dream, another love you’ll holdStill you know
To trust your own true mind
On your way – you are not alone
There are those who still knowNow they’ll walk on my arm through the distant night
And I won’t let them stray from my heart
Through the wind, through the dark, through the winter light
I will read all their dreams to the starsI’ll walk with them now
I’ll call on their names
I’ll see their thoughts are knownNot gone –
Not gone –They walk with my heart –
I’ll never let them goI’ll never let them go
I’ll never let them go
You watch me
Just watch me
I’m calling
I’m calling –
And one day all will know