God — John Lennon
Perhaps Lennon’s most personal and powerful song, he strips away the idolatry of all that he thought was great, God and the human Gods we create to believe in to give us hope — “God is a concept by which we measure our pain.” He realized that when it came down to it, all we have is ourselves.
By stripping it all away, including even the Beatles, he left himself naked to deal with all that haunted him. Listen to the music, and then watch the second video, which explains in depth his idea and struggle with the song. It is an unbelievable video, and mandatory watching.
God is a concept,
By which we can measure,
Our pain,
I don’t believe in magic,
I don’t believe in I-ching,
I don’t believe in bible,
I don’t believe in tarot,
I don’t believe in Hitler,
I don’t believe in Jesus,
I don’t believe in Kennedy,
I don’t believe in Buddha,
I don’t believe in mantra,
I don’t believe in Gita,
I don’t believe in yoga,
I don’t believe in kings,
I don’t believe in Elvis,
I don’t believe in Zimmerman,
I don’t believe in Beatles,
I just believe in me,
Yoko and me,
And that’s reality.
The dream is over,
What can I say?
The dream is over,
Yesterday,
I was dreamweaver,
But now I’m reborn,
I was the walrus,
But now I’m John
