Imagine

I really like the song Imagine by John Lennon. It has a great tune and a good meaning behind it. I was thinking about the words today, and when I imagine these things I feel very different about them than Lennon probably did.

Imagine there's no Heaven
That is just downright depressing!
It's easy if you try
No hell below us
Above us only sky
Only sky??
Imagine all the people
Living for today
That's pretty scary!

Imagine there's no countries
I love my country! Well, Lennon was a Brit.
It isn't hard to do
Nothing to kill or die for
And no religion too
But then why are we here?
Imagine all the people
Living life in peace
Even though we have nothing left to live for.

You may say that 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
Ever read The Giver?

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
Now this, I like.

You may say that 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
This kind of sounds like some crazy Socialist world.

Like I said, I do like this song. But while Lennon pictured these things as the ideal world, I like the song because it helps me to see what's great about the world now, and how scary it would be if all those things we live for and love were gone!