Dalton said:
Jamilia,
Do you think Bono is tired? The reason I ask is because his last two "angry" songs (as you said Peace on Earth is) Peace on Earth and Crumbs don't seem to have much rage to them. Both are very pretty and smooth musically. Peace on Earth imo is beyond repair, but Crumbs would be much better (for the lyrics) if the music had more of an edge.
Both make me believe that if Bono is less angry and more resigned to what the world is like. That would make me sad ....
"tell the ones who hear no sound whose sons are living in the ground"
"she never got to say goodbye to see the color in his eyes, now he's in the dirt"
"hear it every Christmas time but hope and history won't ryhme so what's it worth, this Peace on earth?"
"their lives are bigger than any big idea"
"I'm sick of the sorrow, I'm sick of the pain, I'm sick of hearing again and again, that there's gonna be Peace on earth"
"would you deny from others what you demand for yourself?"
"where you live should not decide whether you live or whether you die"
"I would believe if I was able, but I'm waiting on the crumbs from your table"
"you broke every heart thinking every heart mends"
That doesn't sound angry to you?
Please on the other hand, sounds a lot more resigned, even bitter.