"Let there be love! is a song in which Liam and Noel do the lead vocals together. It's the third Oasis song to feature Liam and Noel on lead vocals, the first being the B-side "Acquiesce", and the second being "Put Yer Money Where Yer Mouth Is". The song begins with the piano and has a hint of John Lennon's "Imagine" in it. This is one of the best songs in my own opinion that Oasis has written. It was released on 28 November 2005 as the third single from the album in the UK. It reached number two in the UK charts, capping a very successful year for the band. Many critics cited this song as proof that Oasis had returned to the form seen in the mid-90s.
Who stole the soul from the sun in a world come undone at the seams?
Let there be love - Let there be love
I hope the weather is calm as you sail up your heavenly stream
Suspended clear in the sky are the words that we sing in our dreams
Let there be love - Let there be love - Let there be love - Let there be love
Come on baby blue
Shake up your tired eyes
The world is waiting for you
May all your dreaming fill the empty sky
But if it makes you happy
Keep on clapping
Just remember I'll be by your side
And if you don't let go, it's gonna pass you by
So what is this song really about then? I guess like many Oasis songs there are mixed meanings. For me it's love in a loveless world. The clue for this is in the second line of the song Who stole the soul from the sun in a world come undone at the seams? This song is about the longing for a better world. A world in which there is real love, respect, hope and a future. You only have to turn on the TV or read a newspaper to find out how these lyrics are a commentary on the real world in which we live in today. We come face to face with the inhumanity that is written in the burns poem Man was made to mourn:
Many and sharp the num'rous ills
Inwoven with our frame!
More pointed still we make ourselves
Regret, remorse, and shame!
And man, whose heav'n-erected face
The smiles of love adorn, –
Man's inhumanity to man
Makes countless thousands mourn!
For Oasis the answer is a clear one and worth singing about. "Let there be love" There will be many who do not see this as being the way ahead in a world where revenge is sweet and love is denigrated to what amounts to lust in the final analysis. There are still some of us who are holding out for a better world and for a world made better by love. Love is the most powerful of emotions. Love drives people to do things that they can't do without love. It is hard to explain why, but it keeps people together. People will say hatred or jealousy is the strongest. However what did you start with before-hand, hatred or jealousy. True love is worth holding out for. Love is when you will do anything for those who you love. You would even sacrifice yourself. The love of Menelaus of Sparta towards Helen of Troy launched a thousand ships and brought about the Trojan War. Love was what the ministry of Jesus was all about when he said "love your neighbour as yourself." Without love, humans wouldn't show up to live their lives on a daily basis. Without love and compassion, humanity would have died out thousands of years ago in perpetual states of war.
John, more than any other New Testament writer, waxes eloquent on love from diverse perspectives. He explains that godly love cannot originate with us; it comes only from God: "In this is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the propitiation [atonement] for our sins"
John shows that God's love is directly tied to the gift of the Holy Spirit: "If we love one another, God abides in us, and His love has been perfected in us. By this we know that we abide in Him, and He in us, because He has given us of His Spirit" (verses 12, 13). John makes the inseparable connection between the ability to love others and the presence of the Holy Spirit.
John also exposes the facade of those who profess their love for God while hating their own brethren: "If someone says, 'I love God,' and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen, how can he love God whom he has not seen? And this commandment we have from Him: that he who loves God must love his brother also" (John:4:20, 21). John says we show that we love God by loving our brethren.
For John "Let there be love" is a commandment and will of Jesus that takes us into the heart and mystery of God. We also know that when we are love and find security in that love that we become better people. This world would be a better and brighter place if only it's inhabitants would learn to love one another.
"Let there be love" is an anthem and a contemporary commentary of the state of the world we live in. by highlighting the absence of something we have aour attention drawn to why we need it. May you all know Love, not just for a day, but eternally.
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