In Cold Blood

In cold blood is a song written by Bono (U2). It was never released, though you can hear the chorus on some remixes of "numb". It's about the war in Kosovo, a theme which can be found in songs such as Miss Sarajevo.

I read a book once, called In Cold Blood.
Pages of facts did me no good.
I read it like a blind man, in cold blood.

So the story of a three-year-old child
Raped by soldiers, though she'd already died,
Made the mother watch as they fucked her in the mud.
I'm reading the story now, in cold blood.

More now coming off the wire
City surrounded, funeral pyre
Life is cheaper than talking about it
People choke on their politicians' vomit.

On cable television I saw a woman weep
Live, by satellite, from a flood-ridden street
Boy mistaken for a wastepaper bin
Body that a child used to live in.

I live by a beach, but it feels like New York
I hear about 10 murders before I get to work.
What's it going to be Lord, fire or flood?
An act of mercy or in cold blood?

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