#5 English song

     This time, I would like to share a song I like very much. It is "Colors of theWind” which is released in 1995. The singer is Vanessa Williams. This song is the theme song to Pocahontas, the Disney film about the Native American princess who saved the life of American explorer John Smith, ultimately contributing to the founding of the United States. The song finds Pocahontas chastising Smith for his arrogance and ignorance, telling him that he doesn't understand the wonders of nature.

In fact, my favorite Disney film is not Pocahontas but its theme song "Colors of the Wind” is my favorite song from all Disney’s’ soundtrack. I am really into the meaning of the lyrics. It tells us how Pocahontas treats her land as an invaluable treasure and how she leads John Smith to see the true value of her is the creatures not being his county’s colony. I believe that really reminds us we should treat our land friendly not with lots pollution. Hope you enjoy the song!

Lyrics

You think I'm an ignorant savage

And you've been so many places

I guess it must be so

But still I cannot see

If the savage one is me

How can there be so much that you don't know

You don't know

You think you own whatever land you land on

The earth is just a dead thing you can claim

But I know every rock and tree and creature

Has a life, has a spirit, has a name

You think the only people who are people

Are the people who look and think like you

But if you walk the footsteps of a stranger

You'll learn things you never knew you never knew

Have you ever heard the wolf cry to the blue corn moon

Or asked the grinning bobcat why he grinned?

Can you sing with all the voices of the mountain?

Can you paint with all the colors of the wind?

Can you paint with all the colors of the wind?

Come run the hidden pine trails of the forest

Come taste the sun-sweet berries of the earth

Come roll in all the riches all around you

And for once, never wonder what they're worth

The rainstorm and the river are my brothers

The heron and the otter are my friends

And we are all connected to each other,

In a circle, in a hoop that never ends

Have you ever heard the wolf cry to the blue corn moon

Or let the eagle tell you where he's been

Can you sing with all the voices of the mountain?

Can you paint with all the colors of the wind

Can you paint with all the colors of the wind

How high does the sycamore grow?

If you cut it down, then you'll never know

And you'll never hear the wolf cry to the blue corn moon

For whether we are white or copper-skinned

We need to sing with all the voices of the mountain

Need to paint with all the colors of the wind

You can own the earth and still

All you'll own is earth until

You can paint with all the colors of the wind

Vocabulary

1. ignorant (adjective): not knowing facts or information that you ought to know

Example: I didn't like to ask him to explain more clearly because I didn't want to appear ignorant.

2. savage (countable noun): a very offensive word for someone who has a simple traditional way of life

Example: The movie reinforces the stereotype of Indians as heathens and savages.

3. grin (intransitive verb): to smile widely

Example: She was holding the baby, and grinning from ear to ear.