I ran into an old friend this morning. He’s really not that old, but he is a friend. We disagree on many things but over time we’ve not become disagreeable. He’s read this blog and asked me if I ever listened to Bono and U2. I have listened to Bono from time to time. My friend asked me if there was ever going to be peace. He was playing the devil’s advocate. I did a little googling and discovered that Bono has a song called Peace on Earth. Here are the lyrics.
Heaven on Earth
We need it now
I’m sick of all of
This hanging around
Sick of sorrow
Sick of the pain
I’m sick of hearing
Again and again
That there’s gonna be
Peace on Earth
Where I grew up
There weren’t many trees
Where there was
We’d tear them down
And use them on
Our enemies
They say that
What you mock
Will surely
Overtake you
And you become
A monster
So the monster
Will not break you
And it’s already gone
Too far
Who said that if
You go in hard
You won’t get hurt?
Jesus
Can you take the time
To throw a drowning man
A line?
Peace on Earth
Tell the ones who
Hear no sound
Whose sons are living
In the ground
Peace on Earth
No whos or whys
No one cries
Like a mother cries
For
Peace on Earth
She never got to
Say goodbye
To see the color
In his eyes
Now he’s in the dirt
Peace on Earth
They’re reading names
Out over the radio
All the folks
The rest of us won’t
Get to know
Sean and Julia
Gareth and Ann
And Breda
Their lives are bigger
Than any big idea
Jesus
Can you take the time
To throw a drowning man
A line?
Peace on Earth
To tell the ones
Who hear no sound
Whose sons are living
In the ground
Peace on Earth
Jesus
Sing a song you wrote
The words are sticking
In my throat
Peace on Earth
Hear it every
Christmas time
But hope and history
Won’t rhyme
So what’s it worth?
This
Peace on Earth
Peace on Earth
Peace on Earth
Peace on Earth
This song expresses a common frustration. When will there ever be peace on earth? Peace begins with me. Peace.
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