Second, the lyrics basically state Boo hoo, it's hard to be a rock star. What does this have to do with helping starving children?! Even as a rock fan, I detest songs that whine about how "difficult" it is to be a rock star.
I think the lyrics are saying "when you look at the sky on a cold clear night, just think that every one of those millions of stars could be a person
*. We may be thousands of miles apart and living in very different circumstances, but we're all basically the same and we should look out for each other."
Or something. :? And of course there's a bit about rainbows.
The "we" of the lyrics is referring to "we" the human race, except when it goes:
But singers and songs can never change it alone
So we are calling you, calling youEven then, I don't think the "singers and songs" bit is moaning or ego-tripping, it's saying "we're here performing this song, but the responsibility is everyone's".
I don't want to sound like I'm taking this too seriously :roll:, or like I think the song's incredibly profound and important, but to be fair to little Ron I really don't think he was whining about how hard it is to be a rock star.
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* scientifically, this is probably untrue... )
