From: owner-alloy-digest@smoe.org (alloy-digest) To: alloy-digest@smoe.org Subject: alloy-digest V5 #232 Reply-To: alloy@smoe.org Sender: owner-alloy-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-alloy-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk X-To-Unsubscribe: Send mail to "alloy-digest-request@smoe.org" X-To-Unsubscribe: with "unsubscribe" as the body. alloy-digest Friday, September 22 2000 Volume 05 : Number 232 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Alloy: Song of the Week: Don't Turn Away [Robin Thurlow Subject: Alloy: Song of the Week: Don't Turn Away I haven't heard any opinions either way about covering a 'rarity' in the Song Interpretations, so I'll go ahead with one of my all-time favorite Dolby songs, "Don't Turn Away". Please write in and let us know your feelings on this song! I'll have to look on Lazlo's Discography Engine to gather publication info, but for now, here are the lyrics (as copied out by me last night in my motel room off my Walkman, sorry for any inaccuracies or typos!) Don't Turn Away Don't know why you're not talking to me I don't know what went wrong Two people who had so much together Really ought to get along - yeah Something started to change inside of you and right out of the blue two friends with such a lot to give I don't know where you are or what you're going through now What are we trying to prove? Cause when this world's too big to take on your shoulders Feels like love is in vain You could break down in my arms babe But it really hurts when you turn away And I can take the look you give me, believe me I know you are in pain I can take the names you call me But I can't stand when you turn away Don't turn away Cause I can feel you all around me but you keep me here in the dark And each time we try to settle down Something seems to keep us apart, don't it baby You and me, we're on the outside pretending we don't care Too proud to show our feelings open up the love you know we could share I will always be there Cause when this world's too big to take on your shoulders Feels like love is in vain You could reach out for my hand babe But it really hurts when you turn away And I can take the look you give me, believe me I know you are in pain And I can take the names you call me But I can't stand when you turn away And when the world's too big to take on your shoulders Feels like your love is in vain You could reach out for my hand child But it really hurts when you turn away And I can take the look you give me, believe me I know you are in pain And I can take the names you call me But I can't stand when you turn away Don't turn away For me, this song is almost an exact description of a certain point in time when Dave and I had been going out for a while, and things were on the verge of becoming much more serious. I just found myself frozen in my tracks and very afraid of opening up & leaving myself vulnerable. To make things more complicated, all my life I'd never had an easy time communicating my feelings and when I'd get upset or confused I'd just close myself off (and this wasn't just a case of my being obstinate, I actually physically couldn't string any words together or express anything at all, I'd just shut down! It was very frustrating for me, and probably doubly so for anyone else trying to get through to me) Dave always said that closing myself up was the worst thing of all. The line "I can feel you all around me, but you keep me here in the dark" is a perfect way of describing the situation. (the happy side of my little story is that Dave was - and is - astonishingly patient & he stuck with me, and got me to feel safe enough to actually talk about things when something went wrong. And hey, now you can't shut me up :) I feel very touched by this song also because Thomas has mentioned a few times in interviews that he himself was always a very proud person, ie early on, when talking about why he can't write the traditional 'baby I love you' sort of lyrics. I imagine maybe it would be the same for him in interpersonal dealings as well. If he later encountered someone who he really wanted to get through to but they just shut him out when there was trouble, I imagine he'd understand perfectly the situation they were in. The song is a tremendously moving expression, filled with sympathy, but also the frustration one feels when one can't get in to help someone they love who is feeling pain. I also love Thomas' voice in this recording, his voice alone tells the emotional story of the song. Overall, extremely beautiful, and one of my personal all-time favorite songs. I wish I could keep writing (see, you really *can't* shut me up) but I must get back to the workshop.. please, everyone, let us know your take on Don't Turn Away and what it means to you personally. xxxxx Robin T __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send instant messages & get email alerts with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com/ ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2000 14:35:34 EDT From: "Melissa Jordan" Subject: Re: Alloy: Song of the Week: Don't Turn Away Rather embarrassingly, I have never heard this song. I will have to go out and educate myself... Hanging my head in shame, Melissa >From: Robin Thurlow >Reply-To: alloy@smoe.org >To: alloy@smoe.org >Subject: Alloy: Song of the Week: Don't Turn Away >Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2000 09:40:23 -0700 (PDT) > > >I haven't heard any opinions either way about covering >a 'rarity' in the Song Interpretations, so I'll go >ahead with one of my all-time favorite Dolby songs, >"Don't Turn Away". Please write in and let us know >your feelings on this song! I'll have to look on >Lazlo's Discography Engine to gather publication info, >but for now, here are the lyrics (as copied out by me >last night in my motel room off my Walkman, sorry for >any inaccuracies or typos!) > > >Don't Turn Away > >Don't know why you're not talking to me >I don't know what went wrong >Two people who had so much together >Really ought to get along - yeah >Something started to change inside of you >and right out of the blue >two friends with such a lot to give >I don't know where you are or what you're going >through now >What are we trying to prove? > >Cause when this world's too big to take on your >shoulders >Feels like love is in vain >You could break down in my arms babe >But it really hurts when you turn away >And I can take the look you give me, believe me >I know you are in pain >I can take the names you call me >But I can't stand when you turn away >Don't turn away > >Cause I can feel you all around me >but you keep me here in the dark >And each time we try to settle down >Something seems to keep us apart, don't it baby >You and me, we're on the outside >pretending we don't care >Too proud to show our feelings >open up the love you know we could share >I will always be there > >Cause when this world's too big to take on your >shoulders >Feels like love is in vain >You could reach out for my hand babe >But it really hurts when you turn away >And I can take the look you give me, believe me >I know you are in pain >And I can take the names you call me >But I can't stand when you turn away > >And when the world's too big to take on your shoulders >Feels like your love is in vain >You could reach out for my hand child >But it really hurts when you turn away >And I can take the look you give me, believe me >I know you are in pain >And I can take the names you call me >But I can't stand when you turn away >Don't turn away > > >For me, this song is almost an exact description of a >certain point in time when Dave and I had been going >out for a while, and things were on the verge of >becoming much more serious. I just found myself >frozen in my tracks and very afraid of opening up & >leaving myself vulnerable. To make things more >complicated, all my life I'd never had an easy time >communicating my feelings and when I'd get upset or >confused I'd just close myself off (and this wasn't >just a case of my being obstinate, I actually >physically couldn't string any words together or >express anything at all, I'd just shut down! It was >very frustrating for me, and probably doubly so for >anyone else trying to get through to me) Dave always >said that closing myself up was the worst thing of >all. The line "I can feel you all around me, but you >keep me here in the dark" is a perfect way of >describing the situation. (the happy side of my >little story is that Dave was - and is - astonishingly >patient & he stuck with me, and got me to feel safe >enough to actually talk about things when something >went wrong. And hey, now you can't shut me up :) > >I feel very touched by this song also because Thomas >has mentioned a few times in interviews that he >himself was always a very proud person, ie early on, >when talking about why he can't write the traditional >'baby I love you' sort of lyrics. I imagine maybe it >would be the same for him in interpersonal dealings as >well. If he later encountered someone who he really >wanted to get through to but they just shut him out >when there was trouble, I imagine he'd understand >perfectly the situation they were in. The song is a >tremendously moving expression, filled with sympathy, >but also the frustration one feels when one can't get >in to help someone they love who is feeling pain. > >I also love Thomas' voice in this recording, his voice >alone tells the emotional story of the song. Overall, >extremely beautiful, and one of my personal all-time >favorite songs. > >I wish I could keep writing (see, you really *can't* >shut me up) but I must get back to the workshop.. >please, everyone, let us know your take on Don't Turn >Away and what it means to you personally. > >xxxxx >Robin T > > >__________________________________________________ >Do You Yahoo!? >Send instant messages & get email alerts with Yahoo! Messenger. >http://im.yahoo.com/ _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at http://profiles.msn.com. ------------------------------ End of alloy-digest V5 #232 ***************************