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Monday, September 27, 2010

Ducks Feature "Circle of Life" at Practice: Maybe They're Just Wishing "Hakuna Matata" to the Tree

Rob Moseley reported that the featured song today at practice was karaoke standard “The Circle of Life” by Elton John and Tim Rice.  Don’t know if there’s a deep meaning in the choice, but it does talk about despair and hope and finding our place.  Certainly a football season has elements of all three.  With the Ducks facing a top ten matchup this week with College Game Day in town, maybe it’s a reminder to have perspective and acceptance in the face of hype and frenzy.

 

Or maybe Coach Kelly just likes the soaring melody, or tweaking the ever-inquisitive media.  Certainly with the Cardinal taking such pride in their cruelty, an appeal to wisdom and character doesn’t seem like a bad idea:

 

From the day we arrive on the planet

And blinking, step into the sun

There's more to see than can ever be seen

More to do than can ever be done

There's far too much to take in here

More to find than can ever be found

But the sun rolling high

Through the sapphire sky

Keeps great and small on the endless round

 

It's the Circle of Life

And it moves us all

Through despair and hope

Through faith and love

Till we find our place

On the path unwinding

In the Circle

The Circle of Life

 

It's the Circle of Life

And it moves us all

Through despair and hope

Through faith and love

Till we find our place

On the path unwinding

In the Circle

The Circle of Life

 

Music by Elton John, lyrics by Tim Rice

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