THE MOODY BLUES : QUESTION (1970)

…Σίγουρα, το ‘Question’ των Moody Blues δεν είναι από τα πιο καθιερωμένα & πολυτραγουδισμένα αντιπολεμικά τραγούδια. Είναι όμως, μουσικά ένα αριστούργημα, ένα από τα καλύτερα του “είδους” και ένα από τα πιο αγαπημένα μου αυτού του γκρουπ. Προέρχεται από το άλμπουμ τους A Question Of Balance του 1970. 🟡 🟡 Surely, The Moody Blues’ ‘Question’ isn’t one of the most established or widely sung anti-war songs. However, musically it’s a masterpiece, one of the best in its ‘genre’ and one of my absolute favorites from this band. It’s on their 1970 album A Question of Balance.

Written by Justin Hayward Album A Question Of Balance Produced by Tony Clarke

Why do we never get an answer when we’re knocking at the door
With a thousand million questions about hate and death and war?
‘Cause when we stop and look around us, there is nothing that we need
In a world of persecution that is burning in its greed
Why do we never get an answer when we’re knocking at the door?
Because the truth, it’s hard to swallow, that’s what the war of love is for
It’s not the way that you say it
When you do those things to me
It’s more the way that you mean it
When you tell me what will be
And when you stop and think about it
You won’t believe it’s true
That all the love you’ve been giving
Has all been meant for you
I’m looking for someone to change my life
I’m looking for a miracle in my life
And if you could see what it’s done to me
To lose the the love I knew could safely lead me through
Between the silence of the mountains
And the crashing of the sea
There lies a land I once lived in
And she’s waiting there for me
But in the grey of the morning
My mind becomes confused
Between the dead and the sleeping
And the road that I must choose
I’m looking for someone to change my life
I’m looking for a miracle in my life
And if you could see what it’s done to me
To lose the love I knew could safely lead me to
The land that I once knew
To learn as we grow old the secrets of our souls
It’s not the way that you say it
When you do those things to me
It’s more the way you really mean it
When you tell me what will be
Why do we never get an answer when we’re knocking at the door
With a thousand million questions about hate and death and war?
‘Cause when we stop and look around us, there is nothing that we need
In a world of persecution that is burning in its greed
Why do we never get an answer when we’re knocking at the door?

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  1. Liz Gauffreau March 20, 2026 at 1:37 am

    My husband is a HUGE Moody Blues fan. He has all their albums and the solo efforts as well. We saw them live in Richmond, Virginia in the 1990s and couldn’t figure out why the audience had so many old people. (Joke was on us!)

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