The following is an excerpt from the movie, Enchantment (1948). It had an opening scene set in a city with the focus on a house and the following is part of the opening words:
You almost passed me.
No wonder.
We all look a like...
you can only know what makes a house different if you stop.
You must go inside and spend a little time....
See what the mirrors have seen,
Know what the clocks know
Hear what the walls have heard
Listen with your heart
I am more than stone and wood.
Somethings here are the same common to all houses
A doorbell echos in the hall,
footsteps run up and down the stairs,
a piano is played,
windows opened and shut
a tap runs and is silent
A light goes on in a room at night, and then goes off again
But those are the pulse beats, not the heart.
I miss my people
In me they live
I could not have said it any better. I heard those first few words as we were flipping through the channels one night. I did not watch the entire movie...but I did watch for a little bit. I love those lines:
See what the mirrors have seen,
Know what the clocks know,
Hear what the walls have heard
See what the mirrors have seen,
Know what the clocks know,
Hear what the walls have heard
