lilac sky

…Questioning what your country is or who you are as a nation. That is difficult because you are American, so it’s difficult to be objective. What I’m saying is, we’re from England, so we’re quite objective. And over the past four to five years, we’ve been coming to America, we’ve been touring here, and we’ve kind of made a life for ourselves so it’s kind of like our second home. We love it here. It’s difficult today to be objective about what America is and what it stands for, and who you are, and I really empathize with that. Let me tell you that I know America, we know America, and the America we know is a young America. It’s a young America, it’s a liberal America, it’s a compassionate America, it’s a socially responsible America. It’s an America that doesn’t react to fear with anger, and doesn’t react to anger with fear. It’s also a black America, it’s a Muslim America, it’s a gay America. We feel it as well. We feel it as much as you. And the thing is, whereas I know what seemingly is half the country is at the moment sided with unfortunately bigotry and racism - all of those things we don’t stand for. But what I’m saying is, is that the other half of the country - aka you guys - is probably the best country that we’ve ever met. And they’re all gonna fucking die then we will outlive them. This song is about loving people.