@Jaysinamaze For many it is a great song either way, but "Heven" is a construct of the Judeo-Christian belief system. There are many many people in this world that are not a party to that system of beliefs. And for those who do not aspire to those monotheism's it does matter. Also this is a site of lyric meanings.
A) You can't truly discuss the meanings of something that does not exist! (I refer to the non-existent lyric, not the "heaven construct)
B) The entire song DOES have a very different meaning with just that one word change!
C) The...
@Jaysinamaze For many it is a great song either way, but "Heven" is a construct of the Judeo-Christian belief system. There are many many people in this world that are not a party to that system of beliefs. And for those who do not aspire to those monotheism's it does matter. Also this is a site of lyric meanings.
A) You can't truly discuss the meanings of something that does not exist! (I refer to the non-existent lyric, not the "heaven construct)
B) The entire song DOES have a very different meaning with just that one word change!
C) The meanings behind the song are about a pessimistic person that DOESN'T see all the HAPPINESS that surrounds their everyday life and always "masquerades" at aspiring to be happy not knowing that happiness is a state of being not of achieving!
So as you can see, it greatly does matter that that specific word is "happiness" and NOT "Heaven"!
Scotty
It's a great song either way Scotty
@Jaysinamaze For many it is a great song either way, but "Heven" is a construct of the Judeo-Christian belief system. There are many many people in this world that are not a party to that system of beliefs. And for those who do not aspire to those monotheism's it does matter. Also this is a site of lyric meanings. A) You can't truly discuss the meanings of something that does not exist! (I refer to the non-existent lyric, not the "heaven construct) B) The entire song DOES have a very different meaning with just that one word change! C) The...
@Jaysinamaze For many it is a great song either way, but "Heven" is a construct of the Judeo-Christian belief system. There are many many people in this world that are not a party to that system of beliefs. And for those who do not aspire to those monotheism's it does matter. Also this is a site of lyric meanings. A) You can't truly discuss the meanings of something that does not exist! (I refer to the non-existent lyric, not the "heaven construct) B) The entire song DOES have a very different meaning with just that one word change! C) The meanings behind the song are about a pessimistic person that DOESN'T see all the HAPPINESS that surrounds their everyday life and always "masquerades" at aspiring to be happy not knowing that happiness is a state of being not of achieving!
So as you can see, it greatly does matter that that specific word is "happiness" and NOT "Heaven"! Scotty