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| John Mayer – Belief Lyrics
| 19 years ago
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by the way, i love john mayer - his music is a breath of fresh air, especially when compared to the britney spears' (lip-sincing pop princesses) out there. and i really enjoy reading all the different possible interpretations of these songs - everyone on this site has really thoughtful ideas. |
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| John Mayer – Belief Lyrics
| 19 years ago
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have any of you thought deeply about the "war on terror"? this song, in my opinion, articulates the reason why the "war on terror" is almost impossible to win. if you think about it, the people who wish to harm the u.s. and its allies are those who are fighting not for a country but for a belief. mayer says "everyone believes in how it oughta be/ everyone believes and they're not going easy." - this is very true if you consider how difficult it has been to defeat our enemies, i.e. the "terrorists" who believe that suicide bombing is a beautiful act of sacrifice for their religion. he labels belief as both a beautiful armor - it shows faith and dedication (very positive qualities in a person) to believe wholeheartedly in an ideal - and as the heaviest sword - that it is the most dangerous weapon because one who is willing to kill for their beliefs is, first of all, not going to be "disarmed" of those beliefs, and, second of all, not going to be afraid of the consequences of acting out on those beliefs.
i also think the lyrics are: "we're never gonna win the world, we're never gonna stop the war" --- as long as each person has freedom of thought, an unquestionably wonderful aspect of humanity, there is always the risk that one will believe differently, vehemently and dangerously. if there will always be differences in extremist beliefs, there will always be a war to fight. |
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