Can anyone describe what the lyrics to U2's Sunday Bloody Sunday are about?

Question

I've got an english assignment to do on the meaning of lyrics and although I roughly know what it's about, I don't know how to word it. Many thanx in advance!!!!!

Answer 1

as an irish person i can tell you a bit about it. its all about bloody sunday in which 14 innocent irish men were shot to death by british snipers.
bono goes deeper than just bloody sunday though he sings about the whole struggle that the irish people indured. as well as any other country in a civil war.

Answer 2

Bloody Sunday (Irish: Domhnach na Fola) is the term used to describe an incident in Derry, Northern Ireland, on 30 January 1972 in which 26 civil rights protesters were shot by members of 1st Battalion of the British Parachute Regiment, during a Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association march in the Bogside area of the city. Thirteen people, six of whom were minors, died immediately, while the death of another person 4½ months later has been attributed to the injuries he received on the day. Two protesters were injured when run down by army vehicles.[1] Many witnesses including bystanders and journalists testify that all those shot were unarmed. Five of those wounded were shot in the back.

Answer 3

There was a day in irish history when many people were killed in a bloody slaughter. Everyone in Ireland knows about it. But Bono wanted people to let the bad things stay behind, introducing the song on live shows with "this is not a rebel song!"

that idea is demonstrated with the line "How long must we sing this song" meaning how long must people sing songs, and tell tales of bloody sunday

Answer 4

"Bloody Sunday", an incident in Derry, Northern Ireland, on January 30, 1972, in which 26 civil rights protesters were shot by sodliers of a British military unit.
The same incident is referenced in John Lennon's "Bloody Sunday" and Wings' "Give Ireland Back to the Irish".

Answer 5

"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.

Answer 6

Its lyrics describe the horror felt by an observer of The Troubles in Northern Ireland.

Answer 7

Bono has said many times that this is not a Rebel song