Miracle Drug

[clerks]

What is the inspiration for MD?

This is my favorite song on the album as this year has been tough on me with medical issues.

the line "science and the human heart, there is no limit" means more to me than I could ever express...

Just curious the story behind this song.

 

[Ellay]

Bono: "We all went to the same school and just as we were leaving, a fellow called Christopher Nolan arrived. He had been deprived of oxygen for two hours when he was born, so he was paraplegic. But his mother believed he could understand what was going on and used to teach him at home. Eventually, they discovered a drug that allowed him to one muscle in his neck. So they attached this unicorn device to his forehead and he learned to type. And out of him came all these poems that he'd been storing up in his head. Then he put out a collection called Dam-Burst of Dreams, which won a load of awards and he went off to university and became a genius. All because of a mother's love and a medical breakthrough."

 

[babyman]

simply fantastic

 

[clerks]

Cool. Good to know.

 

[the soul waits]

Wow, that is so beautiful.

 

[elysithea]

Aww. That's so cool.