“Jubilee Rising” (A U2-style song)
Verse 1
A quarter-century, the bells still ring,
The echo of freedom, the song we sing.
From the broken streets to the highest halls,
We tore down the chains, we answered the call.
The weight of the world, it was not too much,
For the hands that reached and the hearts they touched.
Debt forgiven, a world set free,
On the wings of hope, a jubilee.
Chorus
Oh, let the walls come tumbling down,
Let the lost be found, let love abound.
For every tear, a brighter sky,
Jubilee rising, we will not deny.
Verse 2
The voices silenced, they now proclaim,
The dignity rising, they speak their names.
In the shadowlands, where the broken kneel,
We brought the light, we made it real.
Twenty-five years, but the work’s not done,
Still chasing justice beneath the sun.
Bono’s song, it carries on,
A hymn of mercy, a rebel’s dawn.
Chorus
Oh, let the walls come tumbling down,
Let the lost be found, let love abound.
For every tear, a brighter sky,
Jubilee rising, we will not deny.
Bridge
It’s not just numbers, it’s lives reborn,
It’s the peace that follows the storm.
From Dublin’s streets to Africa’s plains,
The dream persists, the song remains.
Chorus
Oh, let the walls come tumbling down,
Let the lost be found, let love abound.
For every tear, a brighter sky,
Jubilee rising, we will not deny.
Outro
So sing the song, let the future see,
What love can do, what it means to be free.
Debt erased, the captives fly,
Jubilee rising, under a boundless sky.