Fragile

Album: Nothing Like The Sun (1987)
Charted: 70
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  • If blood will flow when flesh and steel are one
    Drying in the color of the evening sun
    Tomorrow's rain will wash the stains away
    But something in our minds will always stay

    Perhaps this final act was meant
    To clinch a lifetime's argument
    That nothing comes from violence and nothing ever could

    For all those born beneath an angry star
    Lest we forget how fragile we are

    On and on the rain will fall
    Like tears from a star
    Like tears from a star
    On and on the rain will say
    How fragile we are
    How fragile we are

    On and on the rain will fall
    Like tears from a star
    Like tears from a star
    On and on the rain will say
    How fragile we are
    How fragile we are
    How fragile we are
    How fragile we are Writer/s: Gordon Sumner
    Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 16

  • Yorf from Eugene, OregonIt’s OK to bash the next Putin or Hitler. No one needs to be polite and stand by when you have a demon like Trump executing his plans to change a democracy into an amoral oligarchy.
  • Carsten Dyreborg from Aalborg, DanmarkWell, Norman Casey, bashing Trump must be on any normal, non-american’s to do list. If the Republican Party decides not to have him for their candidate in the upcoming election, it may be scratched from the list, and Sting might just write a song about the bravery needed to do so. Until then, they stay on the list.
  • Rev. Roz from GermanyMusicians, particularly songwriters, particularly the great ones, always have something to say about the state of the world. Sting without his passion for justice, would be just another songwriter. And since Trump is bent on destroying democracy on an international scale, well, I'm not surprised that Sting had to vent.
  • Norman Casey from 02724Sting is a great musician.. he should keep his politics to himself.. last concert I have seen he bashed Trump and the Republican party for at least a 1/2 hour...
    You couldn't give me tickets to another show...
  • Dory from IsraelGreat song by Sting. Bought the live album in 2002. It reminds me, that we always have to think before doing something harmful one to another- because we are all bonded. So please, stay human.
  • Therisa from Gaborone Beautiful classic
  • Angelahopemusic from Los Angeles1987...I was a UCLA student in love with a man who was my first love. He was gay. My mom met him one time only, told me he was a "sissie" (her generation's word for homosexual) and he was gonna break my heart. I didn't believe her. I desperately wanted his love intimately. We went to Boston to visit a friend in Harvard Business School. As we were all driving over an old cobble stone bridge near Harvard Square it started to snow. This song played. I thought it was romantic. The irony of the lyrics and my mom's (she died in car crash 8 years later) words didn't escape me years later. 33 years later and the song is now just a beautiful but sad as I have never felt love in my heart that way again. And the gay man? He was just also a narcissist. You never get closure no matter how many letters you write.
  • Esskayess from EarthA great companion song for Henley's "New York Minute," which was also played extensively after 9/11.
  • Seventhmist from 7th HeavenProbably the strongest song he ever wrote.
  • Sonji from Cleveland, OhioMy most favorite song EVER!
    It's hard to explain the effect it has on me. Every time I hear the song, my emotions soar!
    Hope I get to meet him someday! ❤️
  • Michael from Deridder, Lai hat to admit it, but when i was younger, i plugged in my ipod at night and played this to help me get to sleep...
  • Harry from Hallandale, FlSting wrote this song for the death of Ben Linder an american engineer who was building hydroplants in one of the most god forsaken areas of the world, Northern Nicaragua.
  • Ozzie from London, United Statesthis song is about how sting lives his life knowing that it will one day end "to fear death is fearing life" he also said that he regularly remebers death just like the sufies did in the past as a religues belife
  • Prayerash from Kuala Lumpur, MalaysiaThe first time I heard this song was after the 9/11 tragedy... it's just so beautiful yet sad...
  • Emiliano from Reggio Emilia, ItalySo a beautiful song ... This is a great gift for all humankind.
  • Debby from Taichung, TaiwanOne of the most moving songs with heartfelt lyrics.
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