The Sun Is Burning Lyrics
Strands of clouds go slowly drifting by
In the park the lazy breeze
Are joining in the flowers, among the trees
And the sun burns in the sky
Little kids go home to take their rest
And the couples in the park
Are holdin' hands and waitin' for the dark
And the sun is in the West
Children playin' know it's time to go
High above a spot appears
A little blossom blooms and then draws near
And the sun is sinking low
Shrouded in a mushroom cloud of death
Death comes in a blinding flash
Of hellish heat and leaves a smear of ash
And the sun has come to Earth
All is darkness, anger, pain and fear
Twisted, sightless wrecks of men
Go groping on their knees and cry in pain
And the sun has disappeared
reminds one of Cormac McCarthy's The Road (the book; haven't seen the movie).
Nuclear war...this song is about nuclear war, and the aftermath when there will be much death and suffering. This song was written around the time of the Cuban missile crisis, and when the Cold War was in full swing.
This song is a chilling reminder of why we need to work for peace. Hardly anyone will survive a nuclear war, and those who do survive will not have much to look forward to.
Yep, nuclear war, got it spot on. People should take more notice of songs like this. Peace is the only way to go.
this song is SO beautiful, my favourite of theirs. thansk jerrybear i didnt know that. [cuban missile crisis]
It's so beautifully sad. You can read significant parts of the first few verses, once you know how it all turns out, as if they know, as if they know they can't do anything and just decide to live out the rest of their lives the way they wanted. At that time, it was quite possible that one country could annihilate another and there was no escape.
John Mcdermott wrote it. Luke Kelly an Irish trad singer sang it for years. Great song.
John McDermott didn't write it. Ian Campbell wrote it and sang it back in 1963 John McDermott would have been 8 at the time!
John McDermott didn't write it. Ian Campbell wrote it and sang it back in 1963 John McDermott would have been 8 at the time!
unfortunately, there will never be peace. so all we can do is hope that it is not "strategic" for one country to destroy another, and pray to God that He'll protect us.
I love that all but the last verse references the nuclear missile as the sun.
I love that all but the last verse references the nuclear missile as the sun.
It is one of most scaring and terrible songs I know. Such peaceful, nice, calm music and singing. Such an idyloc, normal, easy nice warm evening...you can hear the bees and lids laughter doing home for dinner. And then everything changes in a moment and only all is darkness anger pain and fear. The death being described by the same poetry and lovely SandG voices is just...terrible. Together with a movie Threads and book The Road, this is the most terrible art-piece about nuclear war.