This happens to be my all time favorite song (or a wish if I may call it so!) I was quite appalled to find no reviews on any of Beatle’s works and so felt obliged to offer my humble opinion on one such piece of artwork by Sir John Lennon.
{
Imagine there’s no heaven
It’s easy if you try
No hell below us
Above us only sky
Imagine all the people
Living for today...
} 1
{
Imagine there’s no countries
It isn’t hard to do
Nothing to kill or die for
And no religion too
Imagine all the people
Living life in peace...
} 2
{
You may say I’m a dreamer
But I’m not the only one
I hope someday you’ll join us
And the world will be as one
} 3
{
Imagine no possessions
I wonder if you can
No need for greed or hunger
A brotherhood of man
Imagine all the people
Sharing all the world...
} 4
{
You may say I’m a dreamer
But I’m not the only one
I hope someday you’ll join us
And the world will live as one
} 5
Having read the lyrics, you jolly well know what I am driving at here. The sanctity of its lyrics is what I would have, in my personal opinion, preferred to be the “New World Order” as opposed to the prevailing “Democracy by Force” recipe ordered by Uncle Sam!
The video of this song shows Sir Lennon with his wife Ms.Yoko Ono playing the piano and taking the high road in a philosophical tone. But what if we could really make all of it true?—Wow, the world would be quite a different place in space and time!
The first part reminds us of the meaninglessness of aspiring to be in heaven or working our way towards hell when we have a glorious nice and sunny present day to relish and learn from.
The second warns us of the misfortune we risk bringing upon ourselves with our petty desires to fight for land or religion. I find this the most progressive thought of all times. If you think of it, why on earth do we divide and rule or segregate and discriminate or simply in a highly unfathomable mode of thinking, fight over different versions of an inane spirit we call God! In my personal view, religion followed by power are the only two reasons which create disharmony.
The third piece is just about the millions of drops making up the ocean which is much easier said than understood and done by the brainwashed majority in this world.
The fourth is the toughest of all virtues-to share and care. Greed-one of the 7 sins- is a vice we all cultivate but I can imagine it having a diminishing effect if power and religion can be , at one or the other time in this millennium, be wiped of from this planet!
These lyrics were written before I was born, but they are as relevant and important today than at any other point in time. A soft voice such as this great singer’s isn’t enough to make people change their minds. But somewhere in the crowd here and somewhere there, I do find a spark of revolution which I hope one day evolves into a Jungle fire.
You may say I am giving a sermon, but am I the only one? :)