So this song has been in my head for a little while. And I keep randomly hearing it. It is really catchy, and hard not to like. But I don't know what to make of it. Because the main line in the song is "So we keep waiting on the world to change. " In my opinion if we all keep waiting on the world to change, then things never will. Here are the lyrics. I want to know what you think?
Me and all my friends
We're all misunderstood
They say we stand for nothing and
There's no way we ever could
Now we see everything that's going wrong
With the world and those who lead it
We just feel like we don't have the means
To rise above and beat it
So we keep waiting(waiting)
Waiting on the world to change
We keep on waiting(waiting)
Waiting on the world to change
It's hard to beat the system
When we're standing at a distance
So we keep waiting(waiting)
Waiting on the world to change
Now if we had the power
To bring our neighbors home from war
They would have never missed a Christmas
No more ribbons on their door
And when you trust your television
What you get is what you got
Cause when they own the information, oh
They can bend it all they want
That's why we're waiting(waiting)
Waiting on the world to change
We keep on waiting(waiting)
Waiting on the world to change
It's not that we don't care,
We just know that the fight ain't fair
So we keep on waiting(waiting)
Waiting on the world to change
One day our generation
Is gonna rule the population
So we keep on waiting(waiting)
Waiting on the world to change
So tell me what are your thoughts on these lyrics. I have a few and I'll share if you do!
God Bless.
1 comments:
Interesting. I've heard it a few times but never read the lyrics before.
I dunno. I prefer to think that if you want the world to change, you have to work to help make it happen. It's simple thermodynamics (if there is such a thing): a system left to itself will fall into disorder.
Beyond that fact, I believe in the existence of evil, and I generally don't have faith in the human race as a whole. So a strategy of waiting for change isn't enough for me to be comfortable with.
It seems like a defeatist attitude, even if it's warranted. Believing that change is impossible is never going to make anything better.
One last thought: the last point the song makes is that one day we're going to be in charge of the world. My question is, will that by default make the world change for the better? Not if we still think it's impossible.
Nice entry, Amber. You've just inspired my next blog!:)
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