Paul Brady - The Island (Keith Harkin/Celtic Thunder) (PaulSanity cover)
33top 3 song comments comments :) this song is the ultimate wishing you were here with me song. the singer is obviously referring to war, all war.and through it all, he just wants to be with his "significant other"
I think that this song is about a man in war, and he's wishing he could be with his girlfriend/wife/lover on "the island". And how he's keeping that picture in his head, he doesn't want to think of this "sad song" meaning the war.
I believe this song is about just how sad and cruel reality can be and sometimes the only thing you can do to survive is to block it all out and go somewhere even if it is just in your mind to stay sane. Also he is referring to looking to the future for our children's sake instead of thinking of the past; unfortunately all wrongs can not be redressed so you just have to let go and free yourself.
Keith Harkin (born 10 June 1986 in Derry, Northern Ireland) is a singer and songwriter.