past simple v.s. past perfect

[Lost_Soul]

Hi,
I heard this line on a song:

[Lost_Soul]

Hi,

despite the fact that my question has been "buried" under an immense number of topics, I'm still hoping to get Your answer

[Yankee]

Hi LS

I don't see any urgent need for the past perfect in that sentence since I don't think the order of the two past events will be misunderstood. If you wanted to be more formal, you could use the past perfect, of course.

As far as your other questions goes, maybe the person is trying to say that "we're all the same" or "we're all in the same situation" and "we should improve ourselves together".
.

[Lost_Soul]

Hi, Amy

Thank you, that clears everything up