"Van Diemen's Land", sebuah karya U2 yang menggemakan, mengisahkan kisah pahit seorang pemberontak yang diusir dari rumah dan dikirim ke tanah terpencil. Melalui liriknya yang mengharukan, lagu ini mengeksplorasi tema ketidakadilan, penindasan, dan harapan akan perubahan. Diatur dengan latar belakang awal abad ke-19 di Tanah Van Diemen (sekarang Tasmania), lagu ini menyoroti perjuangan para tahanan dan mengutuk kekejaman sistem peradilan. Dengan melodi yang menghantui dan lirik yang kuat, "Van Diemen's Land" menggemakan resonansi yang dalam dengan pendengar, memicu refleksi atas ketidaksetaraan sosial dan kerinduan abadi akan keadilan.
Van Diemen's Land Lyrics
U2
Hold me now, oh hold me now
'til this hour has gone around
And I'm gone on the rising tide
For to face Van Diemen's land
It's a bitter pill I swallow here
To be rent from one so dear
We fought for justice and not for gain
But the magistrate sent me away
Now kings will rule and the poor will toil
And tear their hands as they tear the soil
But a day will come in this dawning age
When an honest man sees an honest wage
Hold me now, oh hold me now
'til this hour has gone around
And I'm gone on the rising tide
For to face Van Diemen's land
'til this hour has gone around
And I'm gone on the rising tide
For to face Van Diemen's land
It's a bitter pill I swallow here
To be rent from one so dear
We fought for justice and not for gain
But the magistrate sent me away
Now kings will rule and the poor will toil
And tear their hands as they tear the soil
But a day will come in this dawning age
When an honest man sees an honest wage
Hold me now, oh hold me now
'til this hour has gone around
And I'm gone on the rising tide
For to face Van Diemen's land
