I think much like another song “Anti-Matter” (that's also on the same album as this song), this one is also is inspired by a horrifying van crash the band experienced on Nov 3, 2022. This, much like the other track, sounds like it's an extension what they shared while huddled in the wreckage, as they helped frontman Garrett Russell stem the bleeding from his head wound while he was under the temporary effects of a concussion. The track speaks of where the mind goes at the most desperate & desolate of times, when it just about slips away to all but disconnect itself, and the aftermath.
We need a leader
We can't seem to help ourselves
Fighting and lying
We can't seem to let it go
We live each day
On a small piece of borrowed time
Why aren't we trying
To enjoy this crazy ride
What are we gonna do about it ?
God save us all
God save us all
God save us all
If we really try
Maybe we can make it
We need a teacher
We must learn to see the light
Let's get together
This world needs us to do right
There's too much poverty, sickness
There's pain and strife
Why aren't we trying
To improve this thing called life
What are we gonna do about it ?
God save us all
God save us all
God save us all
If we really try
Maybe we can make it
We can't seem to help ourselves
Fighting and lying
We can't seem to let it go
We live each day
On a small piece of borrowed time
Why aren't we trying
To enjoy this crazy ride
What are we gonna do about it ?
God save us all
God save us all
God save us all
If we really try
Maybe we can make it
We need a teacher
We must learn to see the light
Let's get together
This world needs us to do right
There's too much poverty, sickness
There's pain and strife
Why aren't we trying
To improve this thing called life
What are we gonna do about it ?
God save us all
God save us all
God save us all
If we really try
Maybe we can make it
Lyrics submitted by spliphstar
God Save Us All Lyrics as written by Lenny Kravitz
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uhm, Krishnamurti is not God I think and in this song Lenny expresses a frustration. Why isn't the world improving while attempts have been made in the past? Maybe we can try again! But then again we need a teacher, who will teach us? And again an outcry to God... maybe if we really try...
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There isn't any way the problems in the world will be solved unless people come together and can find a solution together. It sounds sappy/cliche but it's true. People need to step up and do what they can or else life will slowly continue to become more difficult for literally everyone. Truth be told, years have gone by and no enormous problems have been resolved so sometimes the last thing you can do is hope that God saves us all.