Love And Peace Or Else

Love And Peace Or Else

Lay down, lay down
Lay a sweet lovely on the ground
Lay your love on the track
We're gonna break the monster's back
Ahhahhhhahhh
Eh eh
Lay down your treasure
Lay it down now brother
You don't have time before a jealous lover
As you enter this life
I pray you depart
With a wrinkled face and a brand new heart
I don't know if I can take it
I'm not easy on my knees
It's my heart that you're breaking
We need some release, release, release, release
We need love and peace
Love, love and peace
Lay it down
Lay down your guns
All you daughters of Zion
All your Abraham's sons
I don't know if I can take it
I'm not easy on my knees
It's my heart that you're breaking
We need some release, release, release
We need love and peace
Love and peace
Uh huh
Baby don’t fight
We can talk this thing through
It’s not a big problem
It’s just me and you
You can call or I’ll phone
The TV is still on
But the sound is turned down
And the troops on the ground
Are about to dig in
I wonder where is the love?
Where is the love?
Love and peace
Where is the love?
Where is the love?
Where is the love?

Love and Peace or Else is a very meaningful song. It speaks of human rights and respect for other peoples. Coldplay;’s The Scientist was by far my favorite song in high school, besides game days. I have always enjoyed Coldplay’s style and music tempo.(Along with The Fray, and U2) Piano along with guitar is smoothing sound to me, and I feel that it mirrors my personality. I like how U2 and other groups such as these challenge society to better as a whole, and admire how they take the higher stance striving for human rights and the diversity of cultures around the world. Human right are very important to me as well as maintaining the vast numbers of cultures throughout the world, that make us so unique. I spent two summers in high school in the Central American nation of Belize on a mobile medical clinic. During my travels I saw a lot of poverty and suffering, much of which could be prevented if more people in first world nations weren’t so tunnel visioned.. When most people see thatch houses they think primitive. That is not the case in most places. Around the world cultures are being destroyed by people seeking to “save” indigenous peoples from their savage ways. Native cultures need to be understood, not dismantled, however, for example, Large oil companies destroy fragile cultures and biodiversity around the globe. Unjust wars fill the news. Everywhere I look I see people doing harm to each other and to the world around us. I feel that these musical groups are
leading the way in bringing peoples together and away from abuse and hate.