Tuesday, August 14, 2012

Timely lyrics: MAGIC - Olivia Newton-John


Come take my hand
You should know me
I’ve always been in your mind
You know I will be kind
I’ll be guiding you

Building your dream
Has to start now
There’s no other road to take
You won’t make a mistake
I’ll be guiding you

You have to believe we are magic
Nothin’ can stand in our way
You have to believe we are magic
Don’t let your aim ever stray
And if all your hopes survive
Destiny will arrive
And bring all your dreams alive, for you
And bring all your dreams alive, for you

From where I stand
You are home free
The planets align, so rare
There’s promise in the air
And I’m guiding you

Through every turn
I’ll be near you
I’ll come anytime you call
I’ll catch you when you fall
I’ll be guiding you

You have to believe we are magic
Nothin’ can stand in our way
You have to believe we are magic
Don’t let your aim ever stray
And if all your hopes survive,
Destiny will arrive
And bring all your dreams alive, for you
And bring all your dreams alive, for you
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"And finally, in case you’ve not seen the film, Xanadu, from which Olivia Newton-John’s song Magic comes, here is a short and somewhat ironic synopsis:
Xanadu, is named after Kublai Khan’s famous walled city, as espoused in Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s famous poem which begins: “In Xanadu did Kublai Khan, a stately pleasure-dome decree“. The film’s lead character, Sonny, is assigned to paint an LP album cover for a musical group called The Nine Sisters. The cover features a beautiful woman passing in front of an art deco auditorium. This same woman – who collided with him earlier in the day, kissed him, then roller-skated away – turns out to be Kira (played by Olivia Newton-John), one of nine mysterious and beautiful young women who literally sprang to life from a local town mural. As the film progresses, we find that Kira has been back and forth between Earth and her home in the heavens. But when she falls in love with Sonny, this presents a problem because she is actually an Olympian Muse. Kira’s real name is Terpsichore, and she is the Muse of dancing and chorus. The other eight women from The Nine Sisters are her sisters and fellow goddesses, the Muses; and the mural is actually a portal: their point of entry to Earth as the Muses visit Earth often to help inspire others to pursue their dreams and desires."
http://the2012scenario.com/2012/08/the-olympic-spirit-part-3-london-closing-let-the-galactic-magic-begin/