The war was commemorated by the Irish band U2 in their protest song in 1983 called ”Sunday, Bloody Sunday”. John Lennon also wrote a song about this event. It is a protest song about the conflict between Catholics and Protestants in Northern Ireland on 30th of January 1972.
The song has many themes, such as death, tears and war as you can see on line 6 ”Broken bottles under children’s feet”, line 7 ”Bodies strewn across the dead end streets” and line 25 ”Wipe the tears from your eyes”.
The song is about how Sunday, has turned into a hateful and bloody day. It is about the war that used to rage and might still rage in Ireland. It tells the world the damage that a war can cause and how people suffer.
The song starts with “I can’t believe the news today; Oh, I can’t close my eyes and make it go away”. This describes how people in Ireland never wanted this war to begin. They just want to close their eyes and make the war disappear. And it continues with “how long must we sing this song?” this indicates that the war has taken place for too long and it has to end now. The fifth line says “Because tonight we can be as one, tonight” that shows they no longer wants to be enemies and want to unite.
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