ˈaɪɹɪʃ dʒˈɜːnəlˌɪst nˈaɪəl stˈoʊks kˈɔːlz "pˈiːs ˌɔn ˈɜːθ" ðə bˈændz mˈoʊst "æɡnˈɑːstɪk sˈɔŋ jˈɛt", sˈeɪɪŋ ðætˈɪt "tˈeɪks ðæt sˈɛns ʌv ɐbˈændənmənt" fˈɛlt ˈɪn "wˈeɪk ˌʌp dˈɛd mˈæn" "ɐ stˈeɪdʒ fˈɜːðɚ".
Irish journalist Niall Stokes calls "Peace on Earth" the band's most "agnostic song yet", saying that it "takes that sense of abandonment" felt in "Wake Up Dead Man" "a stage further".