Monday, September 05, 2005

is this really happening?

So I was listening to this song and it reminded me of everything going on in the world right now-- as far as the war halfway across the world, and the devastation in the southern states and all those people going crazy, hoping that this is all a dream... not wanting to believe that they're fully awake and actually going through this hell. I feel like I'm watching a horrible movie everytime I turn on the tv. It's not real to me because I don't have direct contact to anyone involved there, and I can't even begin to comprehend that amount of destruction or pain.

Sunday Bloody Sunday

I can't believe the news today
I can't close my eyes and make it go away.
How long, how long must we sing this song?
How long, how long?
'Cos tonight
We can be as one, tonight.

Broken bottles under children's feet
Bodies strewn across the dead-end street.
But I won't heed the battle call
It puts my back up, puts my back up against the wall.

Sunday, bloody Sunday.
Sunday, bloody Sunday.
Sunday, bloody Sunday.
Sunday, bloody Sunday.
Oh, let's go.

And the battle's just begun
There's many lost, but tell me who has won?
The trenches dug within our hearts
And mothers, children, brothers, sisters
Torn apart.

Sunday, bloody Sunday.
Sunday, bloody Sunday.

How long, how long must we sing this song?
How long, how long?
'Cos tonight
We can be as one, tonight.
Sunday, bloody Sunday.
Sunday, bloody Sunday.

Wipe the tears from your eyes
Wipe your tears away.
I'll wipe your tears away.
I'll wipe your tears away.
I'll wipe your bloodshot eyes.
Sunday, bloody Sunday.
Sunday, bloody Sunday.

And it's true we are immune
When fact is fiction and TV reality.
And today the millions cry
We eat and drink while tomorrow they die.
The real battle just begun
To claim the victory Jesus won
On...

Sunday, bloody Sunday
Sunday, bloody Sunday..

1 comment:

Kristen said...

Wow. You have opened my eyes to so much. The big picture. I've looked at New Orleans and actually cried over it, but you're right. Looking at everything that's going on, it's just crazy. I sometimes wish there was more I could do to help. That's also a good song, very fitting too. I love you Sa.