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This song is a call for understanding that we all suffer something, we know our own pain, that is what humanity has in common, so we need to understand each other and try to empathize with each ones pain.

People In Pain

People in pain

                                    You've got to stop thinking
                                   that things will never change
                                    You've got to stop thinking
                                   that things will never change


                                       (there's)   people in pain
                                     (there are)  people in pain


                              They say they can't take living alone
                               It's torture in this place called home


                                     (ooh)There's  people in pain
                                      (there are)    people in pain


                                            And you know (oh)
                           they suffer in a silence, only they can hear
                      but, you turn a blind eye, cause you live in fear
                                       

                                       well, we need fellow feeling
                                     cause, there are people in pain
                                           there are people in pain



                                        The bottle is his only friend
                                        feels his future's at it's end


                                        (ooh there's) people in pain
                                           (there are) people in pain



                                               And you know (oh)
                          tomorrows a word that they can't understand
                                               And you know (oh)
                          this world gives no hope to the common man
                                          


                                         well, we need fellow feeling
                                            we're all    people in pain
                                            we're all    people in pain

                                         well, we need fellow feeling
                                            we're all    people in pain
                                            we're all    people in pain



John Derek Hamilton
September 15,2016
Copyright © | Year Posted 2016


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Date: 9/24/2016 8:22:00 AM
Well said, John:) we need this feeling of humanity, understanding for any kind of pain a person might have...not all have it.
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John Hamilton
Date: 9/24/2016 12:50:00 PM
Thanks Jo
Date: 9/15/2016 4:44:00 PM
right smack in the heart of pain, john... such a meaningful work that inspires!..huggs
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John Hamilton
Date: 9/15/2016 5:03:00 PM
Thanks Nette means a lot coming from you, carries a lot of weight, as you are so respected as a fine poetess, one of the best on this site! Your visits are so appreciated!
Date: 9/15/2016 3:17:00 PM
I have a hard time understanding what hasn't changed? I hear it everyday. I look back and all I see is change. It usually happens very slowly and not always for the better. "Change is not an event, it is a process." Your poem got me fired up, John. Sorry about the rant:) Like I say, any poem that draws a reaction is a great poem!
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Date: 9/15/2016 3:44:00 PM
The point is not that things do or do not change, it is from the perspective of one who has lost hope, thinking that nothing can change for the better. No doubt things are changing all the time and like you say not for the better, hence people lose hope, the whole point of the song is there are a lot of people who are in pain have lost hope and we need to help. Thanks for the rant, I understand.
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