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.

 

 

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