You're the Voice

When I first started listening to this song, I was slightly repulsed. It wasn't my style of music. Then, I heard the lines "How long can we look at each other down the barrel of a gun?" I started to really pay attention to the lyrics after that. I found this song to be a call to incite a change - a change that we have the power to bring about. It appeals to one institution we all have in common, the family. By appealing to family, it appeals to our innate sense of love. 

The other interesting idea that jumped out at me about this song is that it puts the responsibility on us. We are the voice and we have the chance to change the world around us. Many times we dont really consider that freedom and liberty are things we have to work for. They dont just occur. Because of how we have grown up, we just take it for granted. In order for the ideas of freedom and liberty to persist we have to make the effort to preserve it. 

Together, we have 'the power to be powerful'. Together, we can be the change we want to see. 

We have the chance to
turn the pages over
We can write what we wanna write
We gotta make ends meet
before we get much older
We're all someone's daughter
We're all someone's son
How long can we look at each other
Down the barrel of a gun?

[Chorus:] 
You're the voice, try and understand it
Make a noise and make it clear
We're not gonna sit in silence
We're not gonna live with fear

This time, you know that we
all can stand together
With the power to be powerful
Believing, we can make it better
We're all someone's daughter
We're all someone's son
How long can we look at each other
Down the barrel of a gun?