What does A Change Is Gonna Come mean?

Search Login

Sam Cooke: A Change Is Gonna Come Meaning

Song Released: 1964


A Change Is Gonna Come Lyrics

I was born by the river in a little tent
Oh and just like the river I've been running ever since
It's been a long, a long time coming
But I know a change gonna come, oh yes it will

It's been too hard living but I'm afraid to die
'Cause I...

  1. anonymous
    click a star to vote
    May 6th 2021 report

    I believe that the songwriter was trying to convey that even though times can be hard, and many people can be mistreated, change will inevitably come. As long as America can come together as one, change will always come. America kicked its people down, hence the line:

    “Then I go to my brother
    And I say brother help me please
    But he winds up knockin' me
    Back down on my knees”

    The song also emphasizes that even if times are tough, and the people feel
    like they can’t keep going, hope will be there, and that change will come:

    There were times when I thought I
    couldn't last for long
    But now I think I'm able to carry on
    It's been a long, a long time coming
    But I know a change gone come, oh
    yes it will”

  2. anonymous
    click a star to vote
    Sep 23rd 2020 report

    I think the message is that even though times are tough. “ change gonna come”. And that we have to be better, and stand together for equality.

    This interpretation has been marked as poor. view anyway

More Sam Cooke song meanings »


 


Latest Articles

 


Submit Your Interpretation

[ want a different song? ]





Just Posted

Dealer anonymous
Kiss My Eyes And Lay Me To Sleep anonymous
The Leaving Song Pt. II anonymous
A Pearl anonymous
IFHY danny
Puppet danny
Little Girl Gone agiva
Eat Your Young anonymous
The Promise anonymous
Evil anonymous
Same Song and Dance anonymous
Crawling King Snake anonymous
Woman In The Wall anonymous
Bejeweled anonymous
All You Had To Do Was Stay anonymous

Get a weekly email update

(We won't give out your email)

Latest Releases

To Summer, From Cole (Audio Hug)
Summer Walker
TQM
Fuerza Regida
America Has A Problem
Beyonce
Mourning
Post Malone
Dream Girl
Megan Danielle
Try That In A Small Town
Jason Aldean
Francesca
Hozier
Rain
Sleep Token