The end of this last comment is disturbing to me. Bono isn't complaining. Above all, Bono is patient. When you write songs and poetry, the writer is trying to reach inside the reader and evoke a responce.Sometimes the writer plays the devil's advocate or alter ego, i.e. Manifesto. In this song, "Peace on Earth", Bono starts the song with the main theme... " Heaven on earth, we need it now..." But then the song takes a realistic view, albeit cynical, of the world we live in. As we live and breathe sometimes we don't realize or forget how screwed up the world is. This song is a reminder.
But more than anything this song reminds me of every Christmas when there is a frenzy of Christmas carols about "peace on earth and good will toward man". This always seems so fake when there's wars, rumors of wars, poverty and starvation, while muti-national companies make billions on the backs of the poor. I always play this song at Christmas time. I even request it on radio stations as a Christmas carol.
Moonangel says Bono should ask God for patience and strength to keep helping people... I think Bono is doing fine. Bono just keep writing great songs about spirituality that evoke thought and discussion and keep being that role model for all of us, even other celebrities.
The end of this last comment is disturbing to me. Bono isn't complaining. Above all, Bono is patient. When you write songs and poetry, the writer is trying to reach inside the reader and evoke a responce.Sometimes the writer plays the devil's advocate or alter ego, i.e. Manifesto. In this song, "Peace on Earth", Bono starts the song with the main theme... " Heaven on earth, we need it now..." But then the song takes a realistic view, albeit cynical, of the world we live in. As we live and breathe sometimes we don't realize or forget how screwed up the world is. This song is a reminder. But more than anything this song reminds me of every Christmas when there is a frenzy of Christmas carols about "peace on earth and good will toward man". This always seems so fake when there's wars, rumors of wars, poverty and starvation, while muti-national companies make billions on the backs of the poor. I always play this song at Christmas time. I even request it on radio stations as a Christmas carol. Moonangel says Bono should ask God for patience and strength to keep helping people... I think Bono is doing fine. Bono just keep writing great songs about spirituality that evoke thought and discussion and keep being that role model for all of us, even other celebrities.