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*'''"Peace on Earth"''' contains the lyric: "They're reading names out over the radio/All the folks the rest of us won't get to know/Sean and Julia, Gareth, Anne, and Breda,/Their lives are bigger than any big idea." The people listed (Sean, Julia, Gareth, Anne, and Breda) were victims of the [[Omagh bombing]] in [[Northern Ireland]]. They died on August 15, [[1998]].
*'''"Peace on Earth"''' contains the lyric: "They're reading names out over the radio/All the folks the rest of us won't get to know/Sean and Julia, Gareth, Anne, and Breda,/Their lives are bigger than any big idea." The people listed (Sean, Julia, Gareth, Anne, and Breda) were victims of the [[Omagh bombing]] in [[Northern Ireland]]. They died on August 15, [[1998]].
*The inspiration for the lyric "She never got to say goodbye/To see the colour in his eye/Now he's in the dirt" comes from the funeral of James Barker, another victim of the [[Omagh bombing]]. The [[Irish Times]] quoted his mother as stating, "I never realised how green his eyes were."
*The inspiration for the lyric "She never got to say goodbye/To see the colour in his eye/Now he's in the dirt" comes from the funeral of James Barker, another victim of the [[Omagh bombing]]. The [[Irish Times]] quoted his mother as stating, "I never realised how green his eyes were."

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==Sources==
==Sources==
[http://www.u2faqs.com/songs U2 Song FAQ]
[http://www.u2faqs.com/songs U2 Song FAQ]

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[[Category:U2 songs]]

Revision as of 14:52, 29 June 2006

"Peace On Earth"
All That You Can't Leave Behind
Song by U2
From the album All That You Can't Leave Behind
Album released 30 / 31 October 2000
Recorded
Genre Rock
Song Length 4:49
Record label Island Records / Interscope Records
Producer Brian Eno, Daniel Lanois
All That You Can't Leave Behind Album Listing
Wild Honey
(Track 7) 		Peace On Earth
(Track 8) 		When I Look at the World
(Track 9)

"Peace On Earth" is a U2 song from the album All That You Can't Leave Behind. It was written about the IRA bombings in the town of Omagh, in 1998. After the 9/11 attacks, it was used as an encore in the Elevation Tour, coupled with "Walk On".

Trivia

  • "Peace on Earth" contains the lyric: "They're reading names out over the radio/All the folks the rest of us won't get to know/Sean and Julia, Gareth, Anne, and Breda,/Their lives are bigger than any big idea." The people listed (Sean, Julia, Gareth, Anne, and Breda) were victims of the Omagh bombing in Northern Ireland. They died on August 15, 1998.
  • The inspiration for the lyric "She never got to say goodbye/To see the colour in his eye/Now he's in the dirt" comes from the funeral of James Barker, another victim of the Omagh bombing. The Irish Times quoted his mother as stating, "I never realised how green his eyes were."

Sources

U2 Song FAQ


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