11 O'Clock Tick Tock Lyrics

Lyric discussion by marke 

Cover art for 11 O'Clock Tick Tock lyrics by U2

This is one U2 song I've never quite figured out.. But I think coming from War fits in with those themes... to me, the line, "a painted face and we know we haven't long" refers to military people and camouflage paint.. children crying, etc points to some type of armed conflict happening...

@marke Funny, it makes me think of painted clowns and scared kids.