The Last Unicorn Page
Thank you, Russ, for singing sweet songs that brought back the memories of being a young girl watching "The Last Unicorn" over and over...
I suppose, in a way, you and I are children of the Unicorn, raised on her vision, love, magic and mystery. Is it any wonder we have become seekers and teachers of the Great Mystery?
Sending you a heart-wave of Unconditional Love and Unity , connecting across all time and space...
Blessings of Grace Elohim.
The Unicorn, in my little-girl-heart, was me, and I was her. I KNEW what it was to leave the beauty and safety of your "home" to step into the heaviness of duality, and to then try to find the truth and the unity again.
The Red Bull and the King to me felt to be everything in this world that is harsh, angry, possessive and masculine in the negative sense. I wondered as a child why grown-ups could not see the "real" magic in the world, just as humans could not see the real Unicorn, fooled by the ILLUSION of the eyes, instead of FEELING with the heart.
As the Unicorn takes on her human body in order to find the others like her, she beings to fall under the spell of illusion, she begins to forget Who she Truly is....In those scenes of the movie, I always cried the hardest, because I wanted her to REMEMBER so very bad, feeling the loss within myself of forgetting, of falling under the human illusion. When she finally must once again become her True Self, and change back into the Unicorn, she is afraid; but once she become the Unicorn again, she remembers everything. The love that she felt for Prince Lir propells her forward, fighting the bull, driving him into the sea and setting free the other Unicorns that have been trapped there.
There are so many metaphysical meanings in the film, I cannot even begin to delve into them all. Through the Unicorn, I had hope as a child that I was not alone. That there were others here as well, and that one day we would all remember, and we would then be free...
Please watch this animated classic, with your children if you can. And bring a big box of Kleenex. I still cannot get through this movie without three or four good cries!
Songs from "The Last Unicorn"
"The Last Unicorn" When the last eagle flies Over the last crumbling mountain And the last lion roars At the last dusty fountain In the shadow of the forest Though she may be old and worn They will stare unbelieving At the Last Unicorn When the first breath of winter Throught the flowers is icing And you look to the north And a pale moon is rising And it seems like all is dying And would leave the world to mourn In the distance hear her laughter It's the Last Unicorn I'm alive... I'm alive When the last moon is cast Over the last star of morning And the future is past Without even a last desparate warning Then look into the sky where through The clouds a path is formed Look and see her how she sparkles It's the Last Unicorn I'm alive... I'm alive.
"Man's Road" Horizon rising up to meet the purple dawn. Dust demon, screaming, bring an eagle to lead me on. For in my heart I carry such a heavy load. Here I am, on Man's Road. Walking man's road. I'm hungry, weary, but I cannot lay me down. The rain comes, dreary, but there's no shelter I have found. It will be a long time till I find my abode. Here I am, on Man's road. Walking man's road. Moon rising, disguising lonely streets in gay displays The stars fade, the nightshade, closing makes the world afraid. It waits in silence for the sky to explode. Here I am on Man's road. Walking man's road.
"In the Sea" In the sea, The fish have learned to fly On a moonlit night On wings of silver As the enchanted stars Sail serenely by. Chorus: Do they know Where do unicorns go? Where winged horses fly? Narwhals lost at sea And never seen again. Go. Go and ask the magpie "Where do unicorns go?" In the trees The birds have learned to speak Many colored They keep their secrets In a parade of clouds Playing hide and seek. Chorus: Do they know Where do unicorns go? Where winged horses fly? Narwhals lost at sea And never seen again. Does myth And mystery lie Where the unicorns go?
"Now That I'm A Woman" Once, I can't remember I was, long ago, someone strange. I was innocent and wise, And full of pain. Now that I'm a woman Everything is strange. Once, when I was searching Somewhere out of reach, Far away, In a place I could not find Nor heart obey. Now that I'm a woman Everything is changed. Everything is changed. Everything has changed.
"That's All I've Got To Say" Lir: I've had time to write a book About the way you act and look, But I haven't got a paragraph. Words are always getting in my way. Anyway, I love you. That's all I have to tell you. That's all I've got to say. And now, I'd like to make a speech About the love that touches each, But stumbling, I would make you laugh. I feel as though my tongue were made of clay. Anyway, I love you. That's all I have to tell you. I'm not a man of poetry. Music isn't one with me. It runs from me. It runs from me. (duet) Lir: And I tried to write a symphony Amalthea: Once when I was searching Lir: But I lost the melody Amalthea: Somewhere out of reach Lir: Alas I only finished half Amalthea: Far away Lir: And finish I suppose I never may Amalthea: In a place I could not find Lir: Anyway, I love you Amalthea: Nor heart obey Lir: That's all I have to tell you Amalthea: Now that I'm a woman Lir: That's all I've got to say Amalthea: Now I know they way Lir: That's all I've got to say Amalthea: Now I know they way together: That's all I've got to say