Heaven on Earth, we need it now I'm sick of all of this hanging around
Sick of sorrow, sick of the pain I'm sick of hearing again and again
That there's gonna be peace on Earth
Where I grew up there weren't many trees Where there was we'd tear them down
And use them on our enemies They say that what you mock Will surely overtake you
And you become a monster So the monster will not break you
And it's already gone too far You say that if you go in hard You won't get hurt
Jesus can you take the time To throw a drowning man a line Peace on Earth
Tell the ones who hear no sound Whose sons are living in the ground peace on Earth
No whos or whys No one cries like a mother cries For peace on Earth
She never got to say goodbye To see the colour in his eyes
Now he's in the dirt Peace on Earth
They're reading names out over the radio All the folks the rest of us won't get to know
Sean and Julia, Gareth, Ann, and Breda Their lives are bigger than any big idea
Jesus can you take the time To throw a drowning man a line Peace on Earth
To tell the ones who hear no sound Whose sons are living in the ground Peace on Earth
Jesus and the song you wrote The words are sticking in my throat
Peace on Earth Hear it every Christmas time But hope and history won't rhyme
So what's it worth This peace on Earth
This is about tensions in Northern Ireland. Bono wrote it in one night after a bombing in the town of Omagh. The Lyrics "She never got to say goodbye, To see the colour in his eyes, now he's in the dirt" was about how James Barker, a victim, was remembered by his mother Donna Maria Barker in an article in the Irish Times after the bombing in Omagh. (songfacts)
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