"Over the Rainbow" (often referred to as "Somewhere Over the Rainbow") is a classic ballad song with music by Harold Arlen and lyrics by E.Y. Harburg. It was written for the movie The Wizard of Oz, and was sung by Judy Garland in that movie.
This movie and the song has been a legacy... a milestone and touching everyone's softest corner of the heart.
In the film, part of the song is played by the MGM orchestra over the opening credits. about 20 minutes later, Garland, in the role of Dorothy, sings Over the Rainbow after unsuccessfully trying to get her aunt and uncle to listen to her regarding an unpleasant incident involving Dorothy's dog Toto and the nasty spinster Miss Gulch, whom Toto bit after she struck him with a rake. Dorothy's Aunt Em tells her to "find a place where you won't get yourself into any trouble", prompting the girl to walk off by herself and sing the song.
It is the bravity to dream... innocent dreams, Hopes[against all the hopes], desire to steal some time from the world. The smell that passes through you like a wave, the eyes that peeps into your soul and the touch that penetrates your body and reaches to your bones. The time to be what you are, the time to be happy, the time to have the complete tranquility, the time to be ecstactic. The time when the time falls short... always, the time the universe moves faster and you feel static... but you live your life in that moment... in that minute. And may be the place that offers that moment is "SOMEWHERE OVER THE RAINBOW".
Somewhere, over the rainbow, way up high.
There's a land that I heard of Once in a lullaby.
Somewhere, over the rainbow, skies are blue.
And the dreams that you dare to dream
Really do come true.
Someday I'll wish upon a star and wake up where the clouds are far Behind me.
Where troubles melt like lemon drops, Away above the chimney tops.
That's where you'll find me.
Somewhere, over the rainbow, bluebirds fly. Birds fly over the rainbow,
Why then - oh, why can't I?
If happy little bluebirds fly beyond the rainbow,
Why, oh, why can't I?
Friday, July 3, 2009
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