Lyrics for Sunday Bloody Sunday as interpreted by archmastermind

Sunday Bloody Sunday Lyrics
Yeah
Ummm, hmmm

I can't believe the news today
Oh, I can't close my eyes and make it go away
How long, how long must we sing this song?
How long, how long
Cause 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

And the battle's just begun
There's many lost, but tell me who has won
The trench is 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
Cause tonight
We can be as one
Tonight, tonight

Sunday, bloody Sunday
Sunday, bloody Sunday

Wipe the tears from your eyes
Wipe your tears away
Oh, wipe your tears away
Oh, wipe your tears away
Sunday, bloody Sunday
Oh, wipe your bloodshot eyes
Sunday, bloody Sunday

Sunday, bloody Sunday
Sunday, bloody Sunday
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

(Sunday, bloody Sunday)

The real battle just begun
To claim the victory Jesus won
On

Sunday bloody Sunday, yeah
Sunday bloody Sunday

Interaction
Mail to a friend Send Lyrics to a Friend
Share on Facebook

Stumble It
Add to Del.icio.us Add to Del.icio.us




  • 157 Comments
  • Printer Friendly Lyrics
oldest first     Expand All
F.Z.
04-16-2002

Rated 0 
Go to your nearest reliable book retailer and order "THOSE ARE REAL BULLETS, AREN'T THEY?" by Peter Pringle and Phillip Jacobson, Fourth Estate Publishers, 2001. Read it and then listen to this song, and all will be revealed!!

Log in to reply
Louis Burdett
04-25-2002

Rated 0 
Yeah, simple, it's about the bloody sunday massacre that occured in northern ireland. To protest you needed permission from the government, and one sunday something like 10,000 people went on a march for civil rights and the Para's opened fire and killed 13. The song is basically a narrative from the singers perspective, detailing his reactions to the massacre.

Log in to reply
2 Replies
ButtOfMalmsey
05-07-2002

Rated 0 
And here I thought this was about the riots in Russia in 1905. Cause that was called Bloody Sunday, too.

Log in to reply
bachakid
06-08-2002

Rated +1 
hey ButtofMalmsey, the band is irish if u didnt' noe

Log in to reply
PJ10
06-19-2002

Rated 0 
yes, and because theyre irish that means they can never sing about anything that happened in another country

(if you missed the sarcasm there, see the lyrics for songs such as pride and bullet the blue sky)

Log in to reply
SystemOfADame
07-08-2002

Rated 0 
Bachakid, you're an idiot. People sing about other countries all the time. maybe if you did some more research on your music you would realize this.

Log in to reply
handsdown
07-30-2002

Rated 0 
best song ever written.

Log in to reply
irresistible7
08-25-2002

Rated 0 
this is a great song for a discussion. it brings to light what war is, nothing glamorous, just blood, and it also brings to light we trust what we see on tv more than our own eyes. and that most of us that have never seen blood with our own eyes, feel that we can judge what war is by what we see on the tellie. little boys dream of being soldiers, and old men reflect on their war years. but a person sees what real war is when they see the blood flow into the gutters like syrup, and mothers walking around in a daze looking for what pieces they can find of their little girl. as for the previous entries to this song: oooo, so much hostility. whether it's about russia or n. ireland, it's message and the singer's feeling is still the same. killing isn't a pretty thing.

Log in to reply
irresistible7
08-25-2002

Rated 0 
i almost forgot, evergreen terrace did a good punk version of this song. i'd suggest listen to the original and the cover version and compare.

Log in to reply
matrixmouse7
08-29-2002

Rated -1 
i love this song but i prefer radiohead's cover to the original


Log in to reply
helpful_corn
09-02-2002

Rated 0 
I,too, thought this was about the riots in Russia. And I think I am right. Evergreen Terrace's hardcore cover of this song is so much better. I can't stop listening to it.

Log in to reply
helpful_corn
09-02-2002

Rated 0 
Oh, nevermind. I checked, and it is about the bloody sunday in ireland.

Log in to reply
punk_rocker_
09-02-2002

Rated -1 
um isnt this song actually john lennon´s?


Log in to reply
1 Reply
opifexx
09-03-2002

Rated 0 
radioheads cover is slower but also only half the song, cool song though

Log in to reply
MrBigThought
09-28-2002

Rated -1 
Actually, this song is Radiohead's, they released it before U2 under the name the Radical System Shakers

Log in to reply
whocar1570
10-17-2002

Rated 0 
http://larkspirit.com/bloodysunday/

"On January 30, 1972, soldiers from the British Army's 1st Parachute Regiment opened fire on unarmed and peaceful civilian demonstrators in the Bogside, Derry, Ireland, near the Rossville flats, killing 13 and wounding a number of others. One wounded man later died from illness attributed to that shooting. "

Its about that bloody sunday, as Bono has very strong political views, especially about Ireland. He was also the one who wrote the song, i do believe. Now shut your pieholes.

Log in to reply
m
03-03-2003

Rated 0 
sad sad sad ... blessed the ones who want justice ... or so the bible says. Sometimes suddenly words make your mind realize stuff ...

Log in to reply
USPOAHZMSF
03-08-2003

Rated 0 
this is about the bloody sunday massacre in northern ireland stupids... if you were u2 fan you would know that.
the live version off of rattle and hum made me cry the first time i watched it. it was so sad when he talked about enniskillen (which was not the original bloody sunday..)

Log in to reply
1 Reply
lostdreamer
03-10-2003

Rated 0 
Ya, great song John Lennon's song of same title,same point, but different lyrics is really good. If you like this you should hear it.

Log in to reply
emaltia
03-26-2003

Rated 0 
This is my favorite song by U2, ever. It WAS written by U2, it IS about Northern Ireland. British troops openned fire on a civil rights march in Derry, on January 30, 1972. That was the 'Bloody Sunday' this song refers to.

But this song took on a new meaning on Remembrance Sunday (The day that remembers the afore mentioned Bloody Sunday), November 8, 1987. On that date, the IRA exploded a bomb at a War Memorial parade in the town of Enniskillen... Thirteen people were killed that day...

In January this year, I bought the Rattle & Hum DVD. There is a recording on that DVD of Sunday, Bloody Sunday, which was performed live in Denver, Colorado on the day on the Enniskillen bombing. If you want to know for yourself, what this song is about, do yourself the favor of watching that performance...

Log in to reply
ForeverInADay416
03-27-2003

Rated 0 
this is my favorite U2 song ever. I love it so much- its different but so incredibly the GOOD different. the lyrics "And the battle's just begun
There's many lost, but tell me who has won" is so true. And especially at this time of war... who has won?

Log in to reply
kingmikeking
04-30-2003

Rated 0 
hey mrbigshot, thom york was 15 when this song came out. everyone knows this is a U2 song. learn your shit and figure out your aritmatic...

Log in to reply
echod16
06-13-2003

Rated -1 
I also saw a DVD where it was a concert and in the middle of this song they told why they wrote it. They said how it was a horrible sad day with the terrorists in northern Ireland did something in a parade. It is to remember those 13 people.

Log in to reply
1 Reply
lizka
06-23-2003

Rated 0 
Well done song. Beautiful. And it really tells how sad terrorism, war, predijuce, etc is.

Log in to reply
pablo
06-25-2003

Rated 0 
Favorite Line: "Cause Tonight, We Can Be As One Tonight"

Log in to reply




  • Add Your Comments
What does this song mean to you?

You must be logged in to post your comments.

Feel free to create an account with us, or log in with your existing account, to start adding your comments to songs.





Popular
Top:   Lyrics, Artists, Albums
Random:   Lyric, Artist, Album

Your Ad Here