Faithless bombs

The video, which was banned on release by MTV[1] in the US, shows scenes of everyday life contrasted and combined with footage of war. Children run across the deck of an aircraft carrier, a family skip hand-in-hand through the surf on a beach as a mushroom cloud rises on the horizon, a couple share a romantic meal while troops engage in combat outside their window and a man washes his car as troops rescue a wounded soldier in front of his driveway.

Director Greenhalgh told shots.net: "I didn't see the video as particularly political, pro war, or anti war. It's actually a representation of where we are all at right now. War infects all our lives; recently it feels that this has increasingly become 'our way of life'. It is rare to be given the opportunity to shoot a video that is deemed controversial. All I tried to do was make people think about the everyday life we live in our comfortable existences, and the contrast to that through war." [1]

Derek Moore, who oversaw post production as head of 2D at Clear, added: "Although it is brilliant to be able to work on a project so poignant in its meaning, I have long since abandoned the idea that I can change the world with a bit of postproduction."[1] The Video can be seen here and here with some words from the director.