John Mayer’s “Waiting On The World To Change” before giving his political views

Listening to John Mayer’s “Waiting on the World to Change” would make you think there is political message he was trying to make.

“now if we had the power
to bring our neighbors home from war
they would have never missed a Christmas
no more ribbons on their door”

A recent interview with Mayer shows otherwise. “I just have to be very careful with my words, because I think I know the difference between offering people an emotional observation and my opinion,” Mayer says. “My opinion is worth nothing. My emotional observation is worth everything. I want to be able to keep that trust to at least get people to think. All you have to do is think — we’ll talk about it later.”

I am of the opinion that there certainly are some political undertones with the song, but he leaves it up to the listener to decide what they think. This is one reason why Mayer is on my personal playlist because he poses questions which forces you to think and form your own decision.
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