its common for artists to incorporate multiple themes into a song. the beatles did this very well; they used word play in most of their verses so both thier main themes and their hidden messages would still work. John Fogerty probably began writin this song after woodstock, but along the way incorporated the vietnam war theme in there. He wrote "Have You Ever Seen the Rain" about the war, so he apparentally had feelings about it. Then again, its not unheard of for people to misconstrue the meanings of songs. Charles Manson's crazy ass had to go and ruin "Helter Skelter" for everyone by tryin to start a race war...
its common for artists to incorporate multiple themes into a song. the beatles did this very well; they used word play in most of their verses so both thier main themes and their hidden messages would still work. John Fogerty probably began writin this song after woodstock, but along the way incorporated the vietnam war theme in there. He wrote "Have You Ever Seen the Rain" about the war, so he apparentally had feelings about it. Then again, its not unheard of for people to misconstrue the meanings of songs. Charles Manson's crazy ass had to go and ruin "Helter Skelter" for everyone by tryin to start a race war...