Right now I'm listening to a song called "Paradise". The song is by Coldplay and for those of you who aren't familiar with it, you should look it up. It's a great song but it didn't make sense to me the first time I heard it.
The song talks about a girl who grows up expecting too much of the world. She dreamed of a better place. Her essential "paradise". I assume the idea of a perfect world is different for everyone but I for one don't even believe in perfect because I believe it's so unattainable. It would be nice though if everyone was equal and had the same amount of money and the same opportunities. It would be nice if someone didn't die every 40 seconds taking there life. This world would be a truly beautiful place if everyone could get along. Let's be serious here though. Is that ever going to happen? I don't think I'm pure enough to believe in such miracles. I think this pathetic world has hurt me to much to ever believe in anything again.
That's what confuses me about the song. At the end of the song the girl decides the world really is a beautiful place she just has to open her eyes and look harder. But as hard as I look society is still fucked up. The world doesn't become a better place for me as hard as I try to stare at it. Than I realized something.
The world has taken me in its home and fed me poison. The world has laughed at me as I receive fists to the face. The world has never been kind to me but maybe it has started to be kind to the girl in the song. Maybe after all she's gone through life has started to show her a brighter side and she's hopeful enough to believe in it. Now you may be an extreme Coldplay fan and know what the song is about in the eyes of the band. My eyes are different though and this is how they perceive it.
