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Give a Little Love (Noah and the Whale)
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Description

Shifting things forever... the importance of giving to others. This video shows how powerful we really are to make a difference.


Noah & The Whale is an English indie folk band from Twickenham, London.

Transcript

Well I know my death will not come
'Til I breathe all the air out my lungs
'Til my final tune is sung
That all is fleeting
Yeah, but all is good
And my love is my whole being
And I've shared what I could
But if you give a little love, you can get a little love of your own
Don't break his heart
Yeah if you give a little love, you can get a little love of your own
Don't break his heart.

Well my heart is bigger than the earth
And though life is what gave it love first
Life is not all that it's worth
'Cause life is fleeting
Yeah, but I love you
And my love surrounds you like an ether
In everything that you do
But if you give a little love, you can get a little love of your own
Don't break his heart
Yeah if you give a little love, you can get a little love of your own
Don't break his heart
Yeah if you give a little love, you can get a little love of your own
Don't break his heart
Yeah if you give a little love, you can get a little love of your own
Don't break his heart.

Well if you are (what you love)
And you do (what you love)
I will always be the sun and moon to you
And if you share (with your heart)
Yeah, you give (with your heart)
What you share with the world is what it keeps of you.

Explanations

'TIL= (informal) Until.


BREATHE OUT=  /bri:ð aʊt/To expel air during respiration.


TUNE= A melody, a succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence.


FLEETING= Ephemeral, momentaneous, lasting for a brief time.


MY WHOLE BEING= My entire self, my entirety.


OF YOUR OWN=  Yours; for you.


WORTH= Valuable.


'CAUSE= (informal) Because.


SURROUND= Is around you.


ETHER= /ˈi:θər/ (figurative) atmosphere, air. The ether is the fifth and highest element after air and earth and fire and water; was believed to be the substance composing all heavenly bodies.

Meaning

'Love your neighbor as yourself' -Matthew 22:39.
'None of you truly believes until he loves for his brother what he loves for himself' -Prophet Muhammad.
'Be the change that you wish to see in the world' -Mahatma Gandhi
'Everything is interconnected. Everything affects everything else' -Buddhism.
'What you give to others bears fruit for yourself' -Senegalese proverb.


WHAT YOU SHARE WITH THE WORLD IS WHAT IT KEEPS OF YOU.