The Call

I've just watched The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian last week and I thought it was a great film! I know, I'm super outdated! When it came out to the big screen two years back, I didn't hear very good reviews and there were 'bigger' movies out then, so I somehow gave it a miss. Though the movie wasn't as big an epic as other war movies, but I thought the story was really good. Shouldn't have doubted C. S. Lewis' brand of storytelling. But I guess why this story came to me now wasn't a coincidence at all. At such a time as this!

There were a few parts that personally hit me, and probably none as big as this: when Lucy the youngest of the Pevensie siblings saw Aslan the great Lion, her brothers and sister couldn't see and didn't believe her except probably Edmund, the second youngest. Was it because of her simple, child-like faith? And soon High King Peter and the rest were doing battle in their own might, wisdom and experiences, as though Aslan were never there. Inevitably, the cost was great, casualties were high. Haven't we all been guilty of that? But brave Lucy chose to take the path of the Lion even if she had to do it alone. In time to come, in their most desperate hour, the rest chose to have faith in Aslan and finally saw him in the final battle. Lucy was proved right and because of her bravery and conviction, saved the whole Narnian Kingdom.

Though Aslan's parts were very few in the film, they somehow had a huge impact in me, beyond what I can write here. It's just his awesome majestic presence, yet so gentle and friendly to a child. Never too late, and always in control, he'd have the final say on all things. And somehow that beautiful song (The Call) at the finale was very meaningful to me in more ways than one. It represented some things going on inside of me.

Here's a of a live performance by Regina Spektor who wrote and sung that song.

The Call by Regina Spektor

It started out as a feeling

Which then grew into a hope

Which then turned into a quiet thought

Which then turned into a quiet word

And then that word grew louder and louder

Til it was a battle cry

I'll come back when you call me

No need to say goodbye

Just because everything's changing

Doesn't mean it's never

Been this way before

All you can do is try to know

Who your friends are

As you head off to war

Pick a star on the dark horizon

And follow the light

You'll come back

When it's over

No need to say goodbye

   

Now we're back to the beginning

It's just a feeling and no one knows yet

But just because they can't feel it too

Doesn't mean that you have to forget

Let your memories grow stronger and stronger

Til they're before your eyes

You'll come back

When they call you

No need to say goodbye