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Colors of the Wind (Pocahontas) song meanings
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    I love this movie so much! It is so meaningful and amazing with a great message. This song is also extraordinarily powerful. Being Native American myself, I believe like Poccahontis that every single thing from humans to animals to trees to rocks have souls and names just like it says in the song. Whether you believe in evolution or some form of creation, we all came from the same place and thus, we are all connected. Man can learn so much from the animals and the plants and truly all of nature so we mustn't go destroying it or we'll never learn the lessons it has to teach us. Even if we look drastically different, we are all the same and we must appreciate and value one another.
    Aulakausson January 17, 2007   Link
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    lol, pocahontas is such a hippie.
    plasticskieson May 22, 2008   Link
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    i love this song! it means so much to me!:)
    Dragon girlon August 25, 2002   Link
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    I'm not sure that this song was adapted from this, but I read a letter that an actual Indian Cheif named Chief Seattle wrote to the U.S. government in 1852 that sounds very similar to this song. It brang a whole new meaning to this song after I read it. It's really a very beautiful song that should inspire you to respect the beauty that's all around you more. "The earth does not belong to man, man belongs to the earth. All things are connected like the blood that unites us all. Man did not weave the web of life, he is merely a strand in it. Whatever he does to the web, he does to himself."
    LilyBearon May 11, 2004   Link
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    I LOVE THIS SONG! It's soo sweet. The meaning is self explanatory. It's soo truuueee and I love it!
    UnilluminatedAngelon February 07, 2006   Link
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    Don't like the movie, but this song gives me chills. So meaningful and beautiful.
    Misseveruson April 10, 2006   Link
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    I love this song so much! It has such a powerful meaning to it.
    musicfreak177on May 04, 2006   Link
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    Well, I just learned about this in my Religion class. Native Americans were often animistic, which means they believed everything had a soul. So, that's where the "Every rock, and tree, and creature has a life, has a spirit, has a name" thing comes from.
    CountryChicadee6on October 05, 2006   Link
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    Pocahontas used to be my favourite movie. Beautiful music, especially this song. I love the intention, that we are all human, all equal. We need to appreciate nature. But then I did some research and found out the real Pocahontas was actually kidnapped by an American, makes more sense so it was actually a sick adaptation. I can't imagine how Pocahontas's descendants feel now, knowing that their history was sabotaged and turned into a kids movie! Now this beautiful story has lost most of its appeal to me although I may never be able to hate this song. It just seems pure still.
    Sarenaon March 27, 2007   Link
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    my favorite animated movie
    Leblancon August 23, 2007   Link

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