Walk On

I read on Yahoo News today that the U.S. is starting to pressure the Myanmar (Burma) government to release Aung San Suu Kyi from what seems to be permanent house arrest. She is the Myanmar leader who won the general election in the early '90's, yet the military of Myanmar, who was (and still is) governing, refused to accept the election results.

Aung San Suu Kyi is the subject of the U2 song, Walk On. Here are some of the lyrics:

And love is not the easy thing
The only baggage you can bring
And love is not the easy thing
The only baggage you can bring
Is all that you can't leave behind

And if the darkness is to keep us apart
And if the daylight feels like it's a long way off
And if your glass heart should crack
And for one second you turn back
Oh no, be strong

Walk on, walk on
What you got they can't steal it
No, they can't even feel it
Walk on, walk on
Stay safe tonight

You're packing a suitcase for a place none of has been
A place that has to be believed to be seen
You could have flown away
A singing bird in an open cage
Who will only fly, only fly for freedom

Walk on, walk on
What you've got they can't deny it
Can't sell it or buy it
Walk on, walk on
You stay safe tonight

And I know it aches, how your heart it breaks
You can only take so much
Walk on, walk on

Home, hard to know what it is if you've never had one
Home, I can't say where it is but I know I'm going home
That's where the hurt is

And I know it aches and your heart it breaks
And you can only take so much
Walk on


I hope the U.S. continues to do things like this, to seek justice for wrongdoings. The Darfur situation would be another great place to start.

Here is the full article.