Waiting on the World to Change
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Now if we had the power
To bring our neighbors home from war,
They would have never missed a Christmas,
No more ribbons on their door.
And when you trust your television,
What you get is what you got.
Because when they own the information, oh
They can bend it all they want.
— John Mayer
What It Means
This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "Now if we had the power
To bring our neighbors home from war,
They would have never missed a Christmas,
No more ribbons on their door.
And when you trust your television,
What you get is what you got.
Because when they own the information, oh
They can bend it all they want." in the context of "Waiting on the World to Change" to mean that wisdom is timeless.
Source: Wikiquote: "John Mayer" (Song lyrics: All lyrics by John Mayer, unless as noted., Continuum (2006))
The 'What it means' explanation text was generated by Google Gemini Flash (accessed January 18, 2026). https://gemini.google.com/app
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About John Mayer
John Clayton Mayer (born October 16, 1977) is an American Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter and guitarist.
About John Mayer
John Clayton Mayer (born October 16, 1977) is an American Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter and guitarist.
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