Someone clean up this mess in me!

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Yael Naïm's "Far Far": Just listening to this song and the first line made me go "huh?": How can you stay outside? There's a beautiful mess inside.

Well. That's not what my parents told me. I had to go look up the lyrics (posted under the video). Here is where they led me...

The Last Step on the Hero's Journey: Once you get the dragon's gold, if you hoard it yourself, you become a dragon, and someone will have to slay you. (Anakin Skywalker = perfect example.) You have to bring that gold back to society and share it. Whatever we learn from our personal journeys is meant to be shared.

My take on the song: A girl prays for something wonderful to happen to her, not fully realizing that she already possesses all the raw ingredients (the beautiful mess) to make something amazing. Once she is finally made aware of it she learns that to bring the mess to full realization, to make it the "something big" she's always wanted to happen to her, she has to "give birth" to it. She has to create something with it, and share it. This song is the perfect description both of the creative process, and of the last step in the hero journey.

Naim ends with the Call to Adventure:

Just look at yourself now
deep inside
deeper than you ever dared
there's a beautiful mess inside
beautiful mess inside

Far far, there's this little girl
she was praying for something to happen to her
everyday she writes words and more words
just to spit out the thoughts that keep floating inside
and she's strong when the dreams come cos' they
take her, cover her, they are all over
the reality looks far now, but don't go

How can you stay outside?
there's a beautiful mess inside
how can you stay outside?
there's a beautiful mess inside
oh oh oh oh

Far far, there's this little girl
she was praying for something good to happen to her
from time to time there are colors and shapes
dazzle in her eyes, tickle in her hands
they invent her a new world with
oil skies and aquarel rivers
but don't you run away already
please don't go oh oh

How can you stay outside?
there's a beautiful mess inside
how can you stay outside?
there's a beautiful mess inside

Take a deep breath and dive
there's a beautiful mess inside
how can you stay outside?
There's a beautiful mess
beautiful mess inside

Oh beautiful, beautiful

Far far there's this little girl
she was praying for something big to happen to her
every night she hears beautiful strange music
it's everywhere there's nowhere to hide
but if it fades she begs
"oh lord don't take it from me, don't take it"

She says, "I guess i'll have to give it birth
to give it birth
i guess, i guess, i guess i have to give it birth
i guess i have to, have to give it birth
there's a beautiful mess inside and it's everywhere

Just look at yourself now
deep inside
deeper than you ever dared
there's a beautiful mess inside
beautiful mess inside

[lyrics from sweetslyrics.com]

Props to the maker of this video for the sheer diversity of the girls portrayed.