Sergei Polunin: IF I CAN DREAM

Montage with ballet dancer Sergei Polunin (Сергей Полунин). Set to Elvis Presley's "If I Can Dream" ('68 Comeback Special). An open letter to Sergei as two countries he loves continue to be in conflict.

Source Footage: David LaChapelle's music video to "There Must Be More to Life Than This" by Queen and Michael Jackson. Excerpts and behind the scenes outtakes from "Take Me to Church". RT Interview with Sergei from 2019 covering topics including filming "Take Me to Church" as war broke out in Ukraine in 2014. CNN Style interview from 2016.

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Sergei: I hope you one day see your dream of peace between the countries you love realized...But while that day is not yet here, may you draw strength and comfort from knowing that while you may not be able to unite the governments of nations, with your dance you have united fans from countries all around the world in our love of watching your dance and in sharing this beauty with each other. You cannot see it, but every day you change thousands of worlds in small and big ways as you touch individual hearts and they, in turn, are able to touch the lives of those around them. And that is how the world is changed, Dear One - one person, one heart, one life at a time. ❤️✨

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(Elvis sung this song as a tribute to Martin Luther King, Jr. and Robert Kennedy months after they were killed. The pain and desperation in his voice are palpable. I only hope I have done justice to the gift of his heart and soul he laid out in this performance. And I hope that this video will be seen, not as political statement, but as a recognition of the hearts of all those who simply dream for peace in their land.)

IF I CAN DREAM
[Verse 1]
There must be lights burning brighter somewhere
Got to be birds flying higher in a sky more blue
If I can dream of a better land, where all my brothers walk hand in hand
Tell me why, oh why, oh why can't my dream come true, oh why

[Verse 2]
There must be peace and understanding sometime
Strong wind of promise that will blow away the doubt and fear
If I can dream of a warmer sun, where hope keeps shining on everyone
Tell me why, oh why, oh why won't that sun appear

[Bridge]
We're lost in a cloud with too much rain
We're trapped in a world that's troubled with pain
But as long as a man has the strength to dream
He can redeem his soul and fly (He can fly)

[Verse 3]
Deep in my heart, there's a trembling question
Still, I am sure that the answer's... answer's gonna come somehow
Out there in the dark, there's a beckoning candle, yeah
And while I can think, while I can talk, while I can stand, while I can walk
While I can dream, oh, please let my dream come true, oh, right now

[Outro]
Let it come true right now
Oh, yeah

Writer: Walter Earl Brown

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