:+: Heal The World :+: - In Memoriam Michael Jackson (1958-2009)

For a few posts I will be posting several lyrics from Michael Jackson, who passed away yesterday. My sympathy go out to his family, and all the people who remained his fans, despite many cases and controversies he's involved in. I will start my series of post with "Heal the World", my favorite song from all his works, and one song that once moved me to tears, and the song that make me a fan of him, back when I was still a child many years ago. 

For a 10 year old child, listening to this song was really moving. Somehow, I can feel Jacko's wish for a better world, and somehow, it makes me believe that we, humans can make a better world by being kind to each other, and world peace is attainable somehow. As I grow up, I got interested in wars, and so I learned about wars, the effects they have on human psyche, like battle fatigue, Post-traumatic stress disorders, and a lot of things. As I learned more and more about it, I gradually lost my interest in the military and wars, and somehow I wished more for peace as this song suggests. The last time I listened to this song in my character building class in college, I almost cried. Somehow, this song is still as touching to me as it was 11 years ago. And, it made me believe in peace, it made me wished for peace, it made me feel at peace. 

Such is the effect of this song. A powerful effect that no song has ever done to me before. And that's the reason why I pick this song as my "Favorite song of all time". 

So, enjoy the song. And, when you're listening to it, remember the creator, not for his misbehavings and eccentricities, but for his genius in music. The world, and me, mourns his passing, but he might be in a better place now.

So long, Michael Jackson. Be at peace eternally.

Here goes the lyrics :

Heal The World

little girl talking:

((i think about the gererations
and thay say thay want to make it 
a better place for our children & our children's children
so that thay thay thay know it's a better world for them 
and i think thay can make it a better place))


There's A Place In
Your Heart
And I Know That It Is Love
And This Place Could
Be Much
Brighter Than Tomorrow
And If You Really Try
You'll Find There's No Need 
To Cry
In This Place You'll Feel
There's No Hurt Or Sorrow

There Are Ways
To Get There
If You Care Enough
For The Living
Make A Little Space
Make A Better Place...

Heal The World
Make It A Better Place
For You And For Me
And The Entire Human Race
There Are People Dying
If You Care Enough
For The Living
Make A Better Place
For You And For Me

If You Want To Know Why
There's A Love That
Cannot Lie
Love Is Strong
It Only Cares For
Joyful Giving
If We Try
We Shall See
In This Bliss
We Cannot Feel
Fear Or Dread
We Stop Existing And
Start Living

Then It Feels That Always
Love's Enough For
Us Growing
So Make A Better World
Make A Better World...

Heal The World
Make It A Better Place
For You And For Me
And The Entire Human Race
There Are People Dying
If You Care Enough
For The Living
Make A Better Place
For You And For Me

And The Dream We Were
Conceived In
Will Reveal A Joyful Face
And The World We
Once Believed In
Will Shine Again In Grace
Then Why Do We Keep
Strangling Life
Wound This Earth
Crucify Its Soul
Though It's Plain To See
This World Is Heavenly
Be God's Glow

We Could Fly So High
Let Our Spirits Never Die
In My Heart
I Feel You Are All
My Brothers
Create A World With
No Fear
Together We'll Cry
Happy Tears
See The Nations Turn
Their Swords
Into Plowshares

We Could Really Get There
If You Cared Enough
For The Living
Make A Little Space
To Make A Better Place...

Heal The World
Make It A Better Place
For You And For Me
And The Entire Human Race
There Are People Dying
If You Care Enough
For The Living
Make A Better Place
For You And For Me

Heal The World
Make It A Better Place
For You And For Me
And The Entire Human Race
There Are People Dying
If You Care Enough
For The Living
Make A Better Place
For You And For Me

Heal The World
Make It A Better Place
For You And For Me
And The Entire Human Race
There Are People Dying
If You Care Enough
For The Living
Make A Better Place
For You And For Me

There Are People Dying
If You Care Enough
For The Living
Make A Better Place
For You And For Me

There Are People Dying
If You Care Enough
For The Living
Make A Better Place
For You And For Me

You And For Me

You And For Me
Make A Better Place
You And For Me
Make A Better Place
You And For Me
Make A Better Place
You And For Me
heal the wordl we live in
You And For Me
save it for our children
You And For Me
heal the world we live in
You And For Me
save it for our children
You And For Me
heal the world we live in
You And For Me
save it for our children
You And For Me
heal the world we live in
You And For Me
save it for our children

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