John Lennon – Imagine – Lyrics about antitheism and anti-nationalism.

John Lennon was a visionary.

I’ve heard lots of people covering this song and I don’t think half of them understand what it was saying.

It was talking about there being no god – religion is phoney – about the need to do away with countries and start thinking globally; about doing away with the greed and selfishness of possessions. It was about sharing, caring and loving. It was radical, revolutionary and brilliant.

The only trouble with it is that it has become so common-place that nobody listens to what it is really saying anymore.

Imagine

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

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

You may say I’m a dreamer
But I’m not the only one
I hope someday you will 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

You, you may say I’m a dreamer
But I’m not the only one
I hope someday you will join us
And the world will live as one