LemonMirrorSky
War Child
I really love the "Where I grew up there weren't many trees ..." lyric.
It manages to connect the event to Ireland's history, invokes an image of a place where life used to be but now isn't anymore, refers to the insanity of life ending other life and by using the word 'enemies' somehow underlines the innocence of the victims of the tragedy.
Hmm, I still don't understand what those lines mean. But somehow they don't bother me at all.
And what's wrong with any of these lyrics really?...
They say that what you mock
Will surely overtake you
And you become a monster
so the monster will not break you
Jesus, can you take the time to throw a drowning man a line?
To tell the ones who hear no sound who's sons are living in the ground
Bono has written far worse lyrics than these in the 00s!
Sure, the song title itself is a cliche. But I don't find anything wrong with the song otherwise. It's a pleasant melody with sombre vocals and quite an atmospheric feel in the instrumentation. It doesn't try too hard like several songs from ATYCLB.