"White as Snow" is a song by Irish rock band U2 and the ninth track on their 2009 album "No Line on the Horizon". It was written from the perspective of a dying soldier serving in Afghanistan, and lasts the length of time it takes him to die. The track is based on the hymn "Veni, veni Emmanuel", and is the only political song on the album.
U2 takes inspiration from other events to write songs