Sunday Bloody Sunday
Saul Williams Lyrics

I can't believe the news today
The news is so unbelievable that I cannot bring myself to accept it

I can't close my eyes
I cannot avoid the reality of the situation

And make it go away
No matter how hard I try, I cannot make this tragedy disappear

How long
How much more of this tragedy do we have to endure?

How long, must we sing this song
How much longer must we keep bringing attention to this issue?

'Cause tonight
Despite the tragedy, we can still come together and make a change tonight

We can be as one
We can unite together to conquer this tragedy

Broken bottles under children's feet
The innocence of the children has been broken by this tragedy

Bodies strewn across the dead end street
The streets are paved with the bodies of the fallen

But I won't heed the battle call
I refuse to fight in this battle that pits brother against brother

It puts my back up
This battle goes against what I believe and causes me to become defensive

Against the wall
The battle puts us all in a corner where we must fight to survive

Sunday, bloody Sunday
This tragedy will forever be known as a bloody Sunday

And the battle's just begun
The fight for justice has only just started

There's many lost, but tell me who has won
While many have been lost in this battle, has anyone really come out as the true winner?

The trench is dug within our hearts
This tragedy has created a deep divide within our society

And mothers, children, brothers, sisters
This tragedy has affected all members of our society, regardless of their relationship to one another

Torn apart
This tragedy has destroyed the bonds between people, leaving them feeling alone and helpless

Wipe your tears away
We must be strong and not cry in the face of this tragedy

And it's true
The reality of this tragedy is that it is all too real

We are immune
We have become desensitized to tragedy and are no longer affected by it

When fact is fiction and TV reality
The lines between fact and fiction have become blurred, and TV has become our only reality

And today
As we speak

The millions cry (Sunday, bloody Sunday)
Millions of people are mourning the loss caused by this tragedy

We eat and drink while tomorrow they die (Sunday, bloody Sunday)
While we indulge in our daily pleasures, others are left to suffer and die

The real battle just begun
The true fight for change has only just started

To claim the victory Jesus won
We must fight to bring about the change that Jesus envisioned

On Sunday, bloody Sunday
On this tragic day, we must remember the loss that has been suffered