Oh, baby ... just you shut your mouth!

 
Nobody else here, baby
No one here to blame
No one to point the finger
It's just you and me and the rain
But if God will send his angels
And if God will send a sign
Oh, if God will send his angels
Would everything be alright?

In the howling wind comes a stinging rain
See it driving nails into the souls on the tree of pain
From a Firefly comes a red orange glow
See the face of fear running scared in the valley below
In the locust wind comes a "rattle and hum"
Jacob wrestled the angel, and the angel was overcome
You plant a demon seed, you raise a flower of fire

God has got his phone off the hook, babe
Would he even pick up if he could?
It's been a while since we saw that child
Hangin' round this neighborhood
Heaven on earth .. we need it now
I'm sick of all of this hanging around
Sick of the sorrow .. I'm sick of the pain
I'm sick of hearing again and again
That there's gonna be
"Peace on Earth"

They say that what you mock will surely overtake you
And you become a monster
So the monster will not break you
But it's already gone too far
You said that if you go in hard, you won't get hurt
Well, Jesus, can you take the time
To throw a drowning man a line
For "Peace on Earth"?
Go tell the ones who hear no sound
Whose sons are living in the ground
"Peace on Earth!"
There are no who's or why's
As no one cries like a mother cries
For "Peace on Earth"
She never got to say goodbye
To see the color in his eyes
Now he's in the dirt
Yeah, "Peace on Earth!"

Am I buggin' you?

Jesus, in the song you wrote
Those words are sticking in my throat
"Peace on Earth!"
Hear it every Christmas time
But hope and history won't rhyme
So, what's it worth?
This "Peace on Earth"
Did I ask too much?  More than a lot?..
You gave me nothin' .. now it's all I've got
We're One .. but we're not the same
We hurt each other .. then we do it again
You say, "Love is a temple.  Love's the higher law"
You ask me to enter .. but then you make me crawl
Well, I can't keep holdin' on to what you've got ..
When all you've got is hurt

Is it getting better?
Or do you feel the same?
Will it make it easier on you now ..
That you've got someone to blame?
You say, One love, One life
When it's One need in the night
One love .. we get to share it
But it leaves you, baby, if you don't care for it
We're One .. but we're not the same
We've got to carry each other .. carry each other
          As One!
One love
One blood
One life
We've got to do what we should
One life .. with each other
As Sisters and Brothers
One life .. but we're not the same
We've got to carry each other, carry each other
One... One

Now if God will send his angels
We sure could use them here right now
Well, if God will send his angels
And if God will send a sign
Oh, if God will send his angels
Would everything be alright?

—Bono / Adam Clayton / The Edge / Larry Mullen, Jr.

Another new exploration from an elder variant render that was never developed in Post.  May the boys from Dublin forgive my re-interpretation of their words.  My rebel heart is a wee restless lately.  He moves in mysterious ways.  But it's alright .. it's alright!  The desk clerk says, "It happens every day."

I hope you're creating something this weekend that makes your soul smile!

Keep warm!  Stay poz'!

Terry

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PRODUCTION : Character & Scene Set up and Rendered Within Poser Pro
POST : Tonal Warmth, Enhanced Illumination, DOF, Texture Finishing Within Photoshop
CREDITS : Myrael - Crafted Character for Victoria IV & Wings from The Malaik Collection by Arki [link] & SpiritFoxy [link]
VINTAGE : September 2012