"If Everyone Cared"

"If Everyone Cared"
Nickelback

From underneath the trees, we watch the sky

Confusing stars for satellites

I never dreamed that you'd be mine

But here we are, we're here tonight

Singing Amen, I, I'm alive

Singing Amen, I, I'm alive

[Chorus:]If everyone cared and nobody cried

If everyone loved and nobody lied

If everyone shared and swallowed their pride

Then we'd see the day when nobody died

And I'm singing

Amen I, Amen I, I'm alive

Amen I, Amen I, Amen I, I'm alive

And in the air the fireflies

Our only light in paradise

We'll show the world they were wrong

And teach them all to sing along

Singing Amen, I, I'm alive

Singing Amen, I, I'm alive(I'm alive)

[Chorus x2]

And as we lie beneath the stars

We realize how small we are

If they could love like you and me

Imagine what the world could be

If everyone cared and nobody cried

If everyone loved and nobody lied

If everyone shared and swallowed their pride

Then we'd see the day when nobody died

When nobody died...

[Chorus]

We'd see the day, we'd see the day

When nobody died

We'd see the day, we'd see the day

When nobody died

We'd see the day when nobody died

Recently, I asked my best friend to take a look at this blog and just give me some feedback. Well, the frist thing she said was that she was surprised that there wasn't a Nickelback song yet, knowing me as well as she does. Hence, this current blog.

Nickelback has been my favorite band since I was like 10 years old, so.... I've followed them for almost nine years now! I have all of thier CDs and I've seen them live in concert 4 times. Although I usually like their less popular songs better, "If Everyone Cared" is a great song that I wish could become a reality. I knew I couln't keep it off my blog.

Today, actually, I finised a paper for one of my classes that explored the theme of utopia, or a perfect world, throughout literature. If was going to do that paper over again using music, "If Everyone Cared" would be a prime example. This song presents a dream of a world where everyone loves and no one hates. With our world as it is today, filled with hatred, greed, and frankly, INSANITY, "If Everyone Cares" acts as a sort of sanctuatry world where we can all escape and be at peace. I can only wish that I lived in a world filled with fireflies called paradise.

Another aspect of this song that strikes me relates back to my last blog about "Someday We'll Know." Nickelback is singing about a realtionship in which this fantasy world without lying or pride comes into existence. Basically, they are saying that when you find that one special person, you enter this paradise world where you are set apart from the negative asepcts of reality. You and this person that you love can only look at the world and its craziness from the outside for you have found your paradise in eachother. From there, you can only hope that "they could love like you and me" and "imagine what the world could be."

But the most powerful line in "If Everyone Cared", I think, is "I'm singing Amen I'm alive" becaue even though we do not live in a utopian paradise we must all be grateful for our lives. Our lives are precious gifts and even though at times they might be surrounded by lies and we may cry, there are people who love and share. I say this line everynight before I go to sleep becaue even though I might not be having the best time in my life, I am grateful that I am alive. Being grateful for the life we were given is something that we all can share.