COLOURS OF THE WIND
BY Alan Menken
You think I'm an ignorant savage
And you've been so many places I guess it must be so
But still I can not 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 mountains?
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
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 mountains
We 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
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9MvdMqKvpU
Colours of the wind is a song about nature, respect and gratitude. It talks about how we do not respect the planet. It shows how the colonist only wanted the earth for its resources and he did not appreciate our planet and how we take our planet for granted. The song talks about how we need to widen our perspectives and stop being so materialistic and to not wonder what everything is worth and just enjoy and appreciate what our planet has to offer. We judge each other calling them ignorant and savage but instead if we excepted that there were different perspectives,we would be able to understand one another better as we are all connected to each other by nature.