“And it upset me as a person who read the Scriptures, to think that Christians in America were supporting this kind of thing, this kind of proxy war because of these Communists.” Later he adds, “I was not a Communist, but I felt it was wrong. And while he says he didn’t feel they were in danger at the time, he knew lives were being lost nearby. In the howling wind comes a stinging rain See it driving nails Into the souls on the tree of pain From the firefly, a red orange glow See the face of fear Running scared in the valley below Bullet the blue sky Bullet the blue sky Bullet the blue Bullet the blue In the locust wind comes a. Woh, woh, bullet the blue sky Bullet the blue sky Bullet the blue Bullet the blue. We see them burnin' crosses See the flames, higher and higher. You plant a demon seed You raise a flower of fire. Jacob wrestled the angel And the angel was overcome. “I remember the ground shaking and I remember the smell I suppose of being near a war zone,” the singer recalls. In the locust wind Comes a rattle and hum. The small group he was with went into the country’s hills. It was also covered by Richard Cheese, Absinth, P.O.D., Tunnel Fishin' and other artists. Bono says he visited with some Americans who were “offering solace to refugees in the war in El Salvador.” U2 originally released Bullet the Blue Sky written by Adam Clayton, The Edge, Bono and Larry Mullen and U2 released it on the album The Joshua Tree in 1987. In the clip, Bono details his visit to El Salvador in 1986, which culminated in the band crafting “Bullet the Blue Sky.” At the time, Ronald Reagan was president and the U.S.
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