What a World
lyrics by:
Baron Decker
Written
on Apr 23, 2017
Verse 1: Once I was a younger lad Full of dreams that now have passed Murdered by the screams of men Slain by their deceptions within Verse 2 When I was this younger lad So many friends that I had had We laughed and joked and often played Unknowing how the world betrays Chorus What a world Could peace really have been Tainted by The taste of forbidden sin Verse 3 Now that I'm an older lad Cynicism has crept in fast Damaged by the words we say Like shrapnel, sends us to a grave Chorus What a world Could peace really have been Tainted by The taste of forbidden sin What a world The playgrounds forgotten As the kids Eat fruit that is rotten
Tags: deep, pain, dark, imagery,
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Sherry Asbury commented:
I can really connect with this, as a person growing older. You express your thoughts well.
Cecilia Crasto
commented:
It's all a learning process starting with the fleeting innocence of youth and ending like your last verse does...brilliant.
Christopher Russon
commented:
Great lyricks I feel like singing along with you.I can relate.
Ja Ja
commented:
We learn as we grow
And we reap what we sow
Thank you
Anna Tate
commented:
Good poem
Ja Ja
commented:
As we grow older we get wise
Which is for us the real price
Cacho Nuts
commented:
Beautiful poem.I will never understand this world.
Geoffrey Brewer
commented:
So the world is all bad. Do you play any part in it? Or just complain.
Baron Decker
commented:
Thank you everyone for your comments! Geoffrey Brewer, your comment is interesting in that these are some of the very questions which I hope people will ask themselves as they encounter the lyrics. I do not want to share my perspective upon the questions too much, as I find that to weaken the impact of the piece. However I will give brief responses. In terms of your first inquiry upon the nature of the world I am ever the optimist, always attempting to find the good in everything and everyone. For your second question, do I play a part in it, my response is "there is no one who is righteous, not even one" (Romans 3:10). And finally unto the inquiry upon complaining. The use of the word complain is inappropriate for this context. Complaining in this sense that you used it contains a connotation of childlike dissatisfaction. This is piece is better noted as a lament, looking at the detrimental events which plague the world and lamenting over their occurrence and subsequently what they do to the human psyche. I would be interested to see what your answers are to the questions you posed to me in light of these lyrics. Please do share your thoughts.
Matthew Girard
commented:
keep writing. your work is beautiful.
Geoffrey Brewer
commented:
I think that my protest is against lumping all people and things together as 'The World' with most of your implications being that it is bad. I consider that there are some very good people about in spite of St. Paul's opinions; and on the whole I am glad to live here.
Jamal Abboud
commented:
so beautiful.I liked the flow of ideas to their goal smoothly.
