U2 Tribute To Paris

Rock band U2 have written a song in tribute to Paris following attacks that left 130 people dead.

21:59 07 December 2015

Rock band U2, which were due to play in Paris in the days after the attacks, have written a song in tribute to the French capital.

 

They played the first rescheduled show on Sunday evening.

 

Singer Bono said: "We stand together with the families of those killed in Paris," as victims' names were projected on a huge video screen at the AccorHotels Arena.

 

"We stand together with the families of those killed in San Bernardino."

 

Before the band's second Paris concert, Bono revealed the new song, titled Streets of Surrender, which contains the following lines:

 

"Every man has two cities he needs to be. The one he can touch and the one he can't see.

 

"The one where a stranger's a friend. Every man's got one city of liberty.

 

"For me it's Paris. I love it. Every time I get lost down these ancient streets, I find myself again.

 

"You're free, baby, baby, free now and for ever. It's Christmas time, you can decide to forget or to remember.

 

"You're free, baby, baby. I didn't come here to fight you. I came down these streets of love and pride to surrender. The streets of surrender."