The Byrds - Turn! Turn! Turn! ( 1965 ). |
Nor, is this one really that hard for anyone to now figure out... since, those lyrics are just coming directly from scripture!
You see, dear brothers and sisters, as even Wikipedia.com can ( quite honestly ) tell you:
" The lyrics are taken almost verbatim from The Book Of Ecclesiastes, as found in The King James Version (1611) Of The Bible [ Ecclesiastes 3:1-8 ], though the sequence of the words was rearranged for the song. Ecclesiastes is traditionally ascribed to King Solomon who would have written it in The 10th Century BC; but is also believed by a significant group of biblical scholars to date much later, up to the third century BC.
' To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:
A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, a time to reap that which is planted; A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up; A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance; A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; A time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing; A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away; A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak; A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace. '
The Biblical Text Posits There Being A Time And Place For All Things: Laughter and Sorrow, Healing and Killing, War and Peace, and so on....
The lines are open to myriad interpretations, but Seeger's song presents them as a plea for world peace because of the closing line: ' a time for peace, I swear it's not too late. ' This line and the title phrase "Turn! Turn! Turn!" are the only parts of the lyric written by Seeger himself. " - an actual snippet, from Wikipedia.com.
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Turn! Turn! Turn!: Because, There Is A Time For Everything Under Heaven; And Repentance Is Most-Certainly Now Numbered Among Them....
To everything - turn, turn, turn
There is a season - turn, turn, turn
And a time to every purpose under heaven
A time to be born, a time to die
A time to plant, a time to reap
A time to kill, a time to heal
A time to laugh, a time to weep
To everything - turn, turn, turn
There is a season - turn, turn, turn
And a time to every purpose under heaven
A time to build up, a time to break down
A time to dance, a time to mourn
A time to cast away stones
A time to gather stones together
To everything - turn, turn, turn
There is a season - turn, turn, turn
And a time to every purpose under heaven
A time of love, a time of hate
A time of war, a time of peace
A time you may embrace
A time to refrain from embracing
To everything - turn, turn, turn
There is a season - turn, turn, turn
And a time to every purpose under heaven
A time to gain, a time to lose
A time to rend, a time to sew
A time for love, a time for hate
A time for peace, I swear it's not too late!
Ahava and Shalom.
May Yahweh's Own: Love and Peace - be, continually, upon you!
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