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“Wind on the Water”

"Wind on the Water" by Crosby, Stills, and Nash embodies themes of nature, humanity, and existential reflection. The lyrics poetically convey the struggle between man and nature, illustrating the haunting beauty and sorrow of life. With references to the intimate relationship between humans and whales, the song explores the moral implications of our actions towards the environment. The imagery of wind on water becomes a powerful metaphor for longing, homecoming, and the inevitable passage of time—reminding us of our interconnectedness with all living beings.

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“Wind on the Water”

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  1. “Wind on the Water” By Crosby, Stills, and Nash

  2. “That Himmaleyan, salt-seamastadon.”

  3. “She breaches, she breaches!”

  4. “Will the whale ever perish?”

  5. “There! the ringed horizon. In that ring Cain struck Abel. Sweet work, right work! No? Why then, God, mad’st thou the ring?”

  6. A Modern Hunt

  7. Over the years you have been hunted by the men who threw harpoons And in the long run we will kill you just to feed the pets we raise, put the flowers in your vase

  8. and make the lipstick for your face.

  9. Over the years you swam the ocean Following feelings of your own Now you are washed up on the shoreline

  10. I can see your body lieIt's a shame you have to dieto put the shadow on our eye.

  11. Maybe we'll go Maybe we'll disappear It's not that we don't know It's just that we don't want to care.

  12. Under the bridges Over the foam Wind on the water Carry me home.

  13. “Delight is to him—a far, far upward, and inward delight—who against the proud gods and commodores of this earth, ever stands forth his own inexorable self.”

  14. “. . . and the great shroud of the sea rolledon as it rolled five thousand years ago.”

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