[2] Elaborating on this, Gabriel stated:"If we look at what's happening in the Middle East now or in Ukraine, all sorts of places around the world where there's still violence and brutality, to walk around with a bunch of flowers, preaching forgiveness seems trite and pathetic, maybe.

'Peace only happens when you respect the rights of others' is a quote from the Peace University in Costa Rica and I think that's a really important message for me and for my life.

[5] The Soweto Gospel Choir performed on the song, having also appeared on Gabriel's "Road to Joy" from the i/o album.

[8][7]: 0:42–1:13 Gabriel thought that "the groove didn't settle", so he referred to some drum tracks that Steve Gadd had recorded a few year prior.

[9] John Lewis of Uncut similarly thought that the song was "sincere and well-meaning" but questioned how realistic it was to support disarmament in the context of the Russo-Ukrainian War and the vagueness surrounding the lyric "it takes courage to learn to forgive.