I first discovered my style of music in 1998. I was lost untill I found actual meaning in the lyrics and sound. I decided on Alternative Rock. throughout high school I kept true to my likes and barely strayed. My partner at the time tried to introduce me the likes of John Lennon, I immediately shunned it. I hated his music. It wasnt untill now I realized I hated his music because I just did not understand it.
Here I am 21 years old and my favorite son is Working Class Hero by none other than John Lennon. I had a tough time growing up, I had no parents and was raised by my grandmother. I’d get lost in the sound of music and its lyrics and tones of the lead singer of a band, thats when I felt free the most. Thats when I felt loved. Thats when I felt real. As I grew older the words of many songs became foggy and distant. As we go into the real world everything stops being so real. Until I heard Working Class Hero. John was a genius when he created the technique he used to interpret the song. In some ways you could say hes not even singing it.
Hes speaking from the inside part of a being where we cant believe life has become so cold. It’s the sound you let out when you are down and out and the last thing you say is the realist thing anyone could ever hear. Where your last attempt at getting individuals to understand is frozen and heard by the frustrations of years of abuse. I was gone mentally when I heard that song. My life felt over and there was nowhere to go from where I was standing. It was too hard to climb up, and inevitable to go further down. These are the times you think you want to hear someone telling you its ok, life will get better. But when they do, you smile an empty smile and go on feeling weaker. But John’s lyrics turned that around. He basically lets you know Life is messed up, this is what you get, this is all you’ll ever get. I understand but hey I can help you no more than your fellow man can. Once you’ve heard these words you die inside at knowing there is NOTHING you can do to change this world. But then you are born again believing if you say Fuck the world, you can build your own path and start over.
I never realized all I needed was someone to tell me you are screwed for life. your path has been set. It will take a miracle to change it. And you know what, I’m encouraged to believe someday that Miracle will touch me. I thank John Lennon for doing all he could to make the world understand the oppressed are still left standing here alone. Buts its up to us to listen
Working Class Hero
- As soon as your born they make you feel small,
By giving you no time instead of it all,
Till the pain is so big you feel nothing at all,
A working class hero is something to be,
A working class hero is something to be.
They hurt you at home and they hit you at school,
They hate you if you’re clever and they despise a fool,
Till you’re so fucking crazy you can’t follow their rules,
A working class hero is something to be,
A working class hero is something to be.
When they’ve tortured and scared you for twenty odd years,
Then they expect you to pick a career,
When you can’t really function you’re so full of fear,
A working class hero is something to be,
A working class hero is something to be.
Keep you doped with religion and sex and TV,
And you think you’re so clever and classless and free,
But you’re still fucking peasants as far as I can see,
A working class hero is something to be,
A working class hero is something to be.
There’s room at the top they are telling you still,
But first you must learn how to smile as you kill,
If you want to be like the folks on the hill,
A working class hero is something to be.
A working class hero is something to be.
If you want to be a hero well just follow me,
If you want to be a hero well just follow me.
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