John Mayer – Waiting on the World to Change

[ July 7th, 2009 | No Comments » | by Jason Andrews ]

I’m sure all of you have heard this song and if not you’re missing out. I had first heard it months ago on my way down to the Keys on the radio. I had no idea who sang it or wrote but loved it regardless. The music was fantastic and I began singing along instantly not even paying attention to the lyrics the few… thousand times.

Without a doubt the lyrics in this song have a strong, positive message that is challenging and hopeful at the same time. There’s a message that anyone can relate to from an anarchist to the valedictorian.

Me and all my friends
We’re all misunderstood
They say we stand for nothing and
There’s no way we ever could
Now we see everything is going wrong
With the world and those who lead it
We just feel like we don’t have the means
To rise above and beat it

So we keep waiting (waiting)
Waiting on the world to change
We keep on waiting (waiting)
Waiting on the world to change
Its hard to beat the system
When we’re standing at a distance
So we keep waiting (waiting)
Waiting on the world to change

Now if we had the power
To bring our neighbors home from war
They would’ve never missed a Christmas
No more ribbons on their door
When you trust your television
What you get is what you got
‘Cuz when they own the information
They can bend it all they want

So while we’re waiting (waiting)
Waiting on the world to change
We keep on waiting (waiting)
Waiting on the world to change
It’s not that we don’t care
We just know that the fight ain’t fair
So we keep on waiting (waiting)
Waiting on the world to change

We’re still waiting (waiting)
Waiting on the world to change
We keep on waiting (waiting)
Waiting on the world to change
One day our generation
Is gonna rule the population

So we keep on waiting (waiting)
Waiting on the world to change
No, we keep on waiting (waiting)
Waiting on the world to change
We keep on waiting (waiting)
Waiting on the world to change

Statistics can be made to say anything depending on how you present them. So don’t believe every single thing you hear. The song expresses how we rarely question what we’re told and that it’s about time to step up. If we’re going to inherit this world we might as well ask, “why?” This, by the way, does not mean you can ask your parents “why?” when they tell you to take out the trash. Have some respect.

Here’s the Acoustic Version

Here’s the Music Video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXWXQeHCWpo

sorry, it won’t let me embed it.