This photo was taken at Heaton Park, Manchester, UK. One may ask where the ‘Extra, Extra’ part is in the picture. The fact is that you cannot directly see it for it is the sun. Yes, the sun. Manchester rarely sees the sun shining in the sky even if it is officially the summer here. Therefore, it is always a pleasant surprise whenever we have bright, sunny, warm days.
The friendly, English-speaking extraterrestrial you run into outside your house is asking you to recommend the one book, movie or song that explains what human beings are all about. What do you pick?
Is there anyone who ever remembers Changing their mind From the paint on a sign? Is there anyone who really recalls Ever breaking rank at all For something someone yelled real loud One time
Oh, everyone believes In how they think it ought to be Oh, everyone believes And they’re not going easily
Belief is a beautiful armor But makes for the heaviest sword Like punching under water You never can hit who you’re trying for
Some need the exhibition And some have to know they tried It’s the chemical weapon For the war that’s raging on inside
Oh, everyone believes From emptiness to everything Oh, everyone believes And no one’s going quietly We’re never gonna win the world We’re never gonna stop the war We’re never gonna beat this if belief is what we’re fighting for
(Is there anyone who you can remember Who ever surrendered With their life on the line?)
We’re never gonna win the world We’re never gonna stop the war We’re never gonna beat this if belief is what we’re fighting for
What puts a hundred thousand children in the sand? Belief can Belief can What puts the folded flag inside his mother’s hand? Belief can Belief can