All day long, he was fighting for you
And he didn't even know your name
Young men come and young men go
But life goes on just the same
And I don't know why, why do we keep holding on
I don't know why, pretending to be, oh, so strong
Oh, why, is there something I don't know?
Or something very wrong, with you and me, or maybe
That's the way it is
That's the way it is
They've been waiting for word to come down
They've been waiting for you night and day
They won't wait any longer for you
It may already be too late
And I don't know why, why do we keep holding on
I don't know why, pretending to be, oh, so strong
Oh, why, is there something I don't know?
Or something very wrong, with you and me, or maybe
That's the way it is
That's just the way it is
You see the dying, you feel the pain
What have you got to say
If we agree that we can disagree
We could stop all of this today
It's been your life for as long as you can remember
But you cannot fight no more
You must want to look your son in the eyes
When he asks you what you did it for
'Cause all day long, he was fighting for you
And he didn't even know your name
Young men come and young men go
But life goes on just the same
And I don't know why, why do we keep holding on
I don't know why, pretending to be, oh, so strong
Oh, why, is there something I don't know?
Or something very wrong, with you and me, or maybe
That's the way it is (That's the way)
There's nothing I can do, that's just the way it is (That's the way)
Oh (That's the way)
Well, that's just the way it is (That's the way)
That's just the way it is (That's the way)
There's nothing I can do (That's the way)
That's just the way it is (That's the way)
That's just the way it is (That's the way)
(That's the way)
(That's the way)
(That's the way)
And he didn't even know your name
Young men come and young men go
But life goes on just the same
And I don't know why, why do we keep holding on
I don't know why, pretending to be, oh, so strong
Oh, why, is there something I don't know?
Or something very wrong, with you and me, or maybe
That's the way it is
That's the way it is
They've been waiting for word to come down
They've been waiting for you night and day
They won't wait any longer for you
It may already be too late
And I don't know why, why do we keep holding on
I don't know why, pretending to be, oh, so strong
Oh, why, is there something I don't know?
Or something very wrong, with you and me, or maybe
That's the way it is
That's just the way it is
You see the dying, you feel the pain
What have you got to say
If we agree that we can disagree
We could stop all of this today
It's been your life for as long as you can remember
But you cannot fight no more
You must want to look your son in the eyes
When he asks you what you did it for
'Cause all day long, he was fighting for you
And he didn't even know your name
Young men come and young men go
But life goes on just the same
And I don't know why, why do we keep holding on
I don't know why, pretending to be, oh, so strong
Oh, why, is there something I don't know?
Or something very wrong, with you and me, or maybe
That's the way it is (That's the way)
There's nothing I can do, that's just the way it is (That's the way)
Oh (That's the way)
Well, that's just the way it is (That's the way)
That's just the way it is (That's the way)
There's nothing I can do (That's the way)
That's just the way it is (That's the way)
That's just the way it is (That's the way)
(That's the way)
(That's the way)
(That's the way)
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Album: But seriously...
Backing vocals: David Crosby
You see newsreels of kids throwing petrol bombs because their brothers throw them and then their dads throw them and their dad’s dad and it’s just bred, inbred, now this violence and I just thought someone somewhere, and it’s got to be from both sides, has got to say ‘Hang on, life means more than this. This has got to stop.’”
(Phil Collins)
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"Per quanto mi riguarda, parla dell'Irlanda del Nord. In Inghilterra ci siamo abituati da sempre, voglio dire, l’Irlanda è qui dietro l’angolo, ma in ogni altra parte del mondo è… solo un’altra notizia al telegiornale. Ma se vivi in Inghilterra, senti continuamente di persone fatte saltare in aria a causa di questa cosa che va avanti da vent’anni—ma che in realtà in Irlanda dura da molto di più.
Vedi in televisione bambini che lanciano bombe molotov perché lo fanno i loro fratelli, e prima di loro i loro padri, e i padri dei loro padri, ed è ormai qualcosa di radicato, congenito: questa violenza ormai è dentro di loro. E io ho pensato che qualcuno, da qualche parte—e devono essere entrambi i fronti—a un certo punto deve dire: 'Un momento, la vita vale più di questo. Deve finire.'"