“From a distance we are instruments
Marching in a common band”
From a Distance (1985)
Context: From a distance we are instruments
Marching in a common band
Playing songs of hope, playing songs of peace
They're the songs of every man.
“From a distance I just cannot comprehend
What all this war is for.”
Bette Middler's version alters the last line of this stanza to "What all this fighting is for."
From a Distance (1985)
Context: From a distance you look like my friend
Even though we are at war
From a distance I just cannot comprehend
What all this war is for.