Bono, vocalista do U2, revelou que escreveu uma canção sobre os ataques terroristas em Paris, ocorridos em novembro (via NME). O músico, que estava acompanhado do guitarrista The Edge, disse que não existe uma ordem para compor o material: eles improvisam quando chega a inspiração. Em seguida, recitou os versos de “Streets of Surrender”:
"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 has 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 forever
It’s Christmas time
You can decide to forget or to remember
You’re free, baby, baby
I didn’t come down here to fight ya
I came down these streets of love and pride to surrender
The streets of surrender
I heard a farfetched story
That nobody seems to know
I think it was about that stranger
It was youth, it was love and it was danger
It was winter with that warm it gets before the snow
It chilled my soul
Everybody’s crying about some kid
That they found lying on a beach
Born in a manger
You’re free, baby, baby
Free now and forever
It’s Christmas time
You can decide to forget or to remember
You’re free, baby, baby
I didn’t come down here to fight ya
I came down these streets of love and pride to surrender
The streets of surrender"
Bono enfatizou que a sigla da música é S.O.S e a letra fala de liberdade e paz. Não foi divulgado se a canção estará no próximo álbum do grupo, confirmado para 2016 – saiba mais. O grupo vai se apresentar hoje em Paris, ao lado do Eagles Of Death Metal, banda que teve o show interrompido pelos ataques.
