I always took it as her saying, deep down everyone is the same in their hearts regardless of our religion or even what country we live in. Everyone wants to be happy and although there are some differences, our morals and value systems are extremely similar. After all, "It's the voice of hope, it's the voice of peace, it's the voice of every man." We all want to live in peace and harmony. Yeah, extremely optimistic view of people and sure there are examples of people that actually crave violence and hatred, but the majority really do just want to be happy.
To me the point of the song is simply why can't we focus on the bigger picture and the things all people share in common as opposed to the more trivial things like what name you give your deity or how you view the creation theory. Also why can't we focus on what is really important in the world, humanity, as opposed to our egocentric view where we only think about our own personal bank accounts and that new DVD we want to pick up next and let others starve on the streets.
If people would get past their personal desire for wealth and biases and really start really looking at the whole world and not just what they can take from it for themselves, the world would be a much better place. Yeah, she mentions God in the song, but really the song can fit pretty much any religion cause the core morals and doctrine are the same.
It is kinda like the saying "Ask not what the country can do for you, but what you can do for your country" only on a world wide level where you substitute the word "world" in for "country". To me, this song is a lot like the song "Imagine" by John Lennon. She is merely asking people to imagine a world where people share what they have instead of hoard it so there is no longer anyone starving and no more stupid wars over who has the natural resources or petty violence and fighting over who has more money. Everyone basically being treated equal and as human beings, not just numbers.
I always took it as her saying, deep down everyone is the same in their hearts regardless of our religion or even what country we live in. Everyone wants to be happy and although there are some differences, our morals and value systems are extremely similar. After all, "It's the voice of hope, it's the voice of peace, it's the voice of every man." We all want to live in peace and harmony. Yeah, extremely optimistic view of people and sure there are examples of people that actually crave violence and hatred, but the majority really do just want to be happy.
To me the point of the song is simply why can't we focus on the bigger picture and the things all people share in common as opposed to the more trivial things like what name you give your deity or how you view the creation theory. Also why can't we focus on what is really important in the world, humanity, as opposed to our egocentric view where we only think about our own personal bank accounts and that new DVD we want to pick up next and let others starve on the streets.
If people would get past their personal desire for wealth and biases and really start really looking at the whole world and not just what they can take from it for themselves, the world would be a much better place. Yeah, she mentions God in the song, but really the song can fit pretty much any religion cause the core morals and doctrine are the same.
It is kinda like the saying "Ask not what the country can do for you, but what you can do for your country" only on a world wide level where you substitute the word "world" in for "country". To me, this song is a lot like the song "Imagine" by John Lennon. She is merely asking people to imagine a world where people share what they have instead of hoard it so there is no longer anyone starving and no more stupid wars over who has the natural resources or petty violence and fighting over who has more money. Everyone basically being treated equal and as human beings, not just numbers.