Bono mentioned that this song, and “Summer of Love” both reference the refugee crisis in Europe saying, “Two songs that have a similar theme, about people running for their lives on the same Mediterranean that we’re running through the shallows. “Summer of Love” is achingly beautiful and empty. It could be a big song and it’s tiny. These are real tunes.”
Lyric:
I am made of all that I'm afraid of
Most afraid of losing you
Hell's the season
You're the reason that I even dreamt of getting through
I, I can feel your body shakin'
I, I will meet you where the waves are breakin'
Baby it's a Red Flag Day
Baby let's get in the water
Taken out by a wave
Where we've never been before
Baby it's a Red Flag Day
Baby let's go a bit further
Paradise is a place
You can't see when it's yours
Red Flag Day
Red Flag Day
Sun comes stealin'
Oceanic feeling'
Sky will soon be clear
Today we can't afford to be afraid of what we fear
I, I can feel your body shakin'
I, I will meet you where the waves are breakin'
Baby it's a Red Flag Day
Baby let's get in the water
Taken out by a wave
Where we've never been before
Baby it's a Red Flag Day
Baby let's go a bit further
Paradise is a place
You can't see when it's yours
Red Flag Day
Baby it's a Red Flag Day
Red Flag Day
Not even news today
So many lost in the sea last night
One word that the sea can’t say
Is no, no, no, no
Baby it's a Red Flag Day
Red Flag Day
Baby it's a Red Flag Day
Baby let's get in the water