Imagine, John Lennon
Imagine there's no Heaven
It's easy if you try
No Hell below us
Above us only sky
Imagine all the people
Living for today
Ah, ah, ah-ah
Imagine there's no countries
It isn't hard to do
Nothing to kill or die for
And no religion, too
Imagine all the people
Living life in peace
Yoo-hoo, ooh-ooh
You may say 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
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
Yoo-hoo, ooh-ooh
You may say I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one
I hope someday you'll join us
And the world will live as one
He said he was naive when he wrote this. I wouldn't look too deep into it. He saw people divided by religion, and by greed. It wasn't so much a call to communism as it was a call to peace and an end to greed. Greed which leads to poverty and oppression. Religion which leads to war.
I think a lot of people took his words and twisted the hell out of them, and he hated the song because of it.
This.
He’s on record admitting it was hippy spew.
I hate that it’s made it into the mainstream Christmas rotation this song of garbage