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Days Of Ash, 2026
Written by Bono, The Edge, Adam Clayton, Larry Mullen Jr.
This song pays tribute to Sarina Esmailzadeh, a 16-year-old Iranian schoolgirl who was beaten to death in 2022 by authorities for participating in the protests over the death of Mahsa Amini in police custody. "Sarina Sarina / She's the song of the future / Playing in my mind." The song imagines a better world, or least the start of one: "All the classroom prophets gone to ground / Schoolgirl says everyone knows / Love is a verb and not a noun / Or so it seems." Nevertheless, Bono compares his lyrics to be "running [his] mouth off." Definitely any kind of art protest seems like empty talking compared to the unimaginable bravery of these protestors' very real actions. Jesus Christ, if I had a hammer...
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