Imagine If We Would Have Listened

There was a time when the dream was alive
A chance for peace, but we let it die
He spoke of a world with no need for greed
But we closed our ears, fed the flames of our need
Now we're drowning in the wars we create
A world divided by anger and hate
He said "Imagine," but we turned away
Now look where we stand today

We had the words to heal the pain
But we chose the lies, we chose the chains

We didn't listen when he told us how
We're paying the price for silence now
The dream's in pieces, we watched it fall
Our future's burning, we've lost it all
(Imagine no more)
The greed, the violence we let thrive
(Imagine no more)
What's left of us barely survives

Every border drawn, every bomb that falls
Is another echo of our own missed calls
He gave us hope, we turned it to dust
Now the rich grow fat while the rest of us rust
We live in a world of fear and divide
No more love, just the shadows we hide
The dream is shattered, the song is dead
We chose the darkness instead

We didn't listen when he told us how
We're paying the price for silence now
The dream's in pieces, we watched it fall
Our future's burning, we've lost it all
(Imagine no more)
The greed, the violence we let thrive
(Imagine no more)
What's left of us barely survives

Now we're left with nothing but regret
A future we can't forget
The songs of peace fade away
As we march toward our final day

We didn't listen when he told us how
We're paying the price for silence now
The dream's in pieces, we watched it fall
Our future's burning, we've lost it all
(Imagine no more)
The hope we had is out of reach
(Imagine no more)
No one left to teach us peace

Imagine what we could have done
But now the dream is gone