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The Waterboys

I pictured a rainbow 
you held it in your hands
I had flashes 
but you saw the plan
I wandered out in the world for years 
you just stayed in your room
I saw the crescent
You saw the whole of the moon
The whole of the moon...

You were there in the turnstiles
with the wind at your heels
you stretched for the stars
and you know how it feels
to reach too high, too far, too soon
You saw the whole of the moon

I was grounded 
while you filled the skies
I was dumbfounded by truth 
you cut through lies
I saw the lone empty valley 
you saw Brigadoon
I saw the crescent
You saw the whole of the moon

I spoke about wings 
you just flew
I wondered I guessed and I tried 
you just knew
I sighed 
but you swooned
I saw the crescent
You saw the whole of the moon
The whole of the moon...

With a torch in your pocket
and the wind at your heels
you climbed on the ladder
and you know how it feels
to get too high, too far, too soon
You saw the whole of the moon
The whole of the moon...

Unicorns and cannonballs, palaces and piers,
trumpets, towers and tenements
wide oceans full of tears
flags, rags, ferryboats, scimitars and scarves
every precious dream and vision underneath the stars
You climbed on the ladder
with the wind in your sails
you came like a comet
blazing your trail
too high, too far, too soon
You saw the whole of the moon!

New York January 1985 / London Feb 1985 On "This Is The Sea", "Best Of", "Live Adventures" and "The Whole Of The Moon"

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Dead Poet's Society

For me the quintessential film about how to encourage people to fulfil their potential. 'It speaks to me about how it can threaten the traditional views of some people around the one really going for it and how it’s impact positively affects others.

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American Beauty

An amazing story of what can happen if someone just starts to act on knowing that their life isn’t satisfying them, with on view to the affect on their existing world. This guy might have survived with some coaching!!

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The Whole of the Moon
Wisdom can only be acquired by the sustained development of an inquiring mind. Anon