we are all innocent

i first heard this song in a retreat three years ago. i fell in love with the lyrics because they echoed so strongly the feelings i was having at that time. i especially love that in a world that is very much self-centered and filled with hatred the innocence of love flourishes.

Oh, Johnny wishes he was famous

Spends his time alone 

In the basement

With Lennon and Cobain

A guitar and a stereo

While he wishes he 

Could escape this

It all seems so contagious

Not to be yourself and faceless

In a song that has no soul

[Chorus:]

I remember feeling low

I remember losing hope

I remember all the feelings

And the day they stopped

We are, 

We are all innocent, we are all innocent

We are, we are, we are

We are all innocent, we are all innocent

We are, we are 

Oh, Tina’s losing faith in what she knows

Hates her music 

Hates all of her clothes

Thinks of surgery

And a new nose

Every calorie is a war

While she wishes she 

Was a dancer

And that she'd never 

Heard of cancer

She wishes God would give her

Some answers

And make her feel beautiful

[Chorus]

One day

You'll have to let it go,

Oh

One day 

You'll stand up on your own, you'll stand up on your own

Yeah

Remember losing hope, 

Remember feeling low, 

Remember all the feelings and the day they stopped

We are, 

We are all innocent, we are all innocent

We are, we are, we are, 

We are all innocent, we are all innocent

We are, we are

We are, 

We are all innocent

(One day, you'll have to let it go, you'll have to let it go)

We are all innocent

We are, we are, we are, 

We are all innocent, we are all innocent

We are, we are

We are, 

We are all innocent

(One day, you'll stand up on your own, stand up on your own)

We are all innocent

We are, we are, we are, 

We are all innocent, we are all innocent

We are, we are

We are... we are all innocent..

i think in a world that is getting unkind every day, in a society that is filled with strangers we must reach out to become the friendly face in a crowd and the loving gaze in a sea of indifference. i'm sure there would be a time in our lives when hopelessness is the only emotion we'd feel, or if anger is the only consuming affect in our bodies but that is the challenge...what would you do?