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Just wondering if anyone else has lines from u2 songs that giv tingles down the spine or brings a tear to the eye?

My two personal faves are from one "we re one, but were not the same" as it really strikes a chord wi me and from one tree hill.."al see you again, as the stars fall from the skies and the moon has turned red, over one tree hill"

Anyone care to add?
 
Good topic,

Lets see, well off the top of my head:

RTSS - the last verse gives me chills:

She is raging
She is raging
And the storm blows up in her eyes.
She will suffer the needle chill
She's running to stand still.


Gone:

'Cause I'm already gone
Felt that way all along.
Closer to you every day
I didn't want it that much anyway.



Pretty much all of WUDM, but this part especialy:

Listen to the words they'll tell you what to do
Listen over the rhythm that's confusing you
Listen to the reed in the saxophone
Listen over the hum of the radio
Listen over the sound of blades in rotation
Listen through the traffic and circulation
Listen as hope and peace try to rhyme
Listen over marching bands playing out their time.


Kite:

I'm a man, I'm not a child
A man who sees
The shadow behind your eyes

Who's to say where the wind will take you
Who's to know what it is will break you
I don't know where the wind will blow
Who's to know when the time has come around
I don't wanna see you cry
I know that this is not goodbye
 
Why has this thread been moved? this room is for, and I quote, "Discussion of song lyrics and interpretations" where as ETYKIW " is the general discussion area, primarily to be used for reactions and thoughts about U2".

its a general question, asking for ppls thoughts, am not asking for interpritations or anything.

Am not used to it in here (and am not kidding) and i dont like it!!
 
The thinkin behind this thread was that i was oon the bus wi mp3 player listening to One. Along came that line, and it really hit me as I can really relate to it to a situation in my life. It actually did bring a tear to my eye. It never had that big an impact on me before.
 
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There are so many....:hmm:

Broken bottles under children's feet
Bodies strewn across a dead end street

He set my feet upon a rock
And made my footsteps firm
( I have part of this on inscribed on a bracelet)

And we live by the side of the road
On the side of a hill as the valley explodes
Dislocated, suffocated
The land grows weary of its own

The cities a flood and our love turns to rust
We're beaten and blown by the wind, trampled in dust
(gives me chills)

Running to Stand Still, One Tree Hill - sends chills all over.

Our love runs cold in the caverns of the night

Mothers of the Disapeared.
(every word is beautiful...especially See their tears in the rainfall and the twinkling melody behind it.)

You say you'll give me eyes in a moon of blindness

You miss too much these days if you stop to think

Every artist is a cannibal, every poet is a thief
All kill their inspiration and sing about their grief


Dressed up like a car crash
The wheels are turning but you're upside down

Tonight the moon has drawn its curtains
It's a private show
No one else going to know I'm wanting

I'm not afraid of anything in this world
There's nothing you can throw at me
That I haven't already heard

You could have flown away
A singing bird in an open cage
Who will only fly, only fly for freedom

In the stillness of the evening
When the sun has had its day
I heard your voice whispering
Come away now (just has special meaning)

All of Kite :sad:

Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own :(

I really shouldn't respond to these questions.... :no:









:no:
 
gman said:
Why has this thread been moved? this room is for, and I quote, "Discussion of song lyrics and interpretations" where as ETYKIW " is the general discussion area, primarily to be used for reactions and thoughts about U2".

its a general question, asking for ppls thoughts, am not asking for interpritations or anything.

Am not used to it in here (and am not kidding) and i dont like it!!

Actually this definitely is a discussion of song lyrics. There's a picture of this thread next to the "Threads that Make Perfect Sense to be Moved from Everything You Know Is Wrong to It's a Musical Journey (<- LOL Larry) Based on Subject of Lyrics" entry in the Interference Guide to Moving Threads as a Moderator.

I'd say the most MOVING lines are in Mothers of the Disappeared.
 
"when I was all messed uo and I heard opera in y head/ your love was a light bulb hanging over my bed" always moves me to tears!
 
To JCOSTER, what song is the line" tonight the moon has drawn its curtains..." from, I can't place it. And i know what you mean, between Bono's voice, the music and the lyrics, i am at the point where i have to stop and listen, can't multitask -just sit and visualize...it really is a problem!!!:drool:

and TO elevated_u2_fan, what song is WUDM, i am a blank on this one.

THANKS !!:scratch:
 
Right now I'm thinking of:

"Is there a time for different colours, different names you find so hard to spell"

"All the secrets and no one to tell"

There are many more I know... but these are the ones that came to my head when I read the title of this topic.
 
blm said:
To JCOSTER, what song is the line" tonight the moon has drawn its curtains..." from, I can't place it. And i know what you mean, between Bono's voice, the music and the lyrics, i am at the point where i have to stop and listen, can't multitask -just sit and visualize...it really is a problem!!!:drool:

and TO elevated_u2_fan, what song is WUDM, i am a blank on this one.

THANKS !!:scratch:
Can I answer these questions?
"Tonight the moon has drawn its curtains" is from "If you wear that Velvet Dress"
WUDM - "Wake up dead man"
Yes, all those anagramms get me confused all the time.
:wink:
 
1. And hey now, just got to let you know; a house doesn't make a home, don't leave me here alone.

2. Yeah, we shine like stars in the summer night, we shine like stars in the winter night...

3. And all the promises we break, from the cradle to the grave, when all I want is you

4. So let it go, uh huh, in some FIIIIIIIIINAL way-ay-ay... I'm WIDE AWAKE, uh huh, I'm not sleeping.

5.. You know you're chewing bubblegum, you know what that is but you still want some (just kidding - I hate that line. In fact, I think it's the worst of the worst that Bono has ever written)
 
"I love you 'cause I understand, God has given me your hand
Holds me in a tiny fist, and still I need your kiss"

I don't have children, and don't even particularly want any at this stage of my life, but that "tiny fist" line gets me every single time.
 
There are a lot of them, but right now pretty much every line of Walk to the Water, but specifically:

Around her neck
She wore a silver necklace
'It was given to me by my father' she said
'It was given to me'

and now that I really look at those lyrics they don't look so good, but I have a silver necklace that my dad gave me and it's very special to me, I don't know....:shifty: I'm done now
 
Walk on walk on
What you got they can't steal it
No they can't even feel it.
Walk on

In a little while
In a little I'll come crawlin' home
Will you be there?

(I think it's something about his voice on that last one.)
 
bono_212 said:
I don't know....:shifty: I'm done now


Aww...that's the great thing about lyrics, they mean different things to different people. I think it's very touching.

My personal favorite is "Who's to say where the wind will take you"...thru "I know that this is not goodbye."
 
"I can lose myself, you I can't live without"
"I've crossed the world for green & gold, but it's your (Spanish) eyes that get me home"
"All the promises we break from the cradle to the grave and all I want is you"
"You can assemble them anywhere, in an apartment on Times Square. Hell to ransom, Hell to pay - a revolution every day."
"I want to be with you , be with you night and day..."
"I want you to know you don't need me anymore, you don't need anyone or anything at all"

There's plenty more. That's one of the reason's I've been a fan for over 20 years: they write so many words that move me. :heart:
 
BEVERLY56 said:



Aww...that's the great thing about lyrics, they mean different things to different people. I think it's very touching.

My personal favorite is "Who's to say where the wind will take you"...thru "I know that this is not goodbye."

Music lyrics are truly amazing, I really love that so many of these songs can mean so much to one person, and something different to another
 
Theres so many but ill name a few

Home, hard to know what it is if you've never had one
Home, I can't say where it is but I know I'm going home
That's where the hurt is

And I know it aches and your heart it breaks
And you can only take so much

Leave it behind
You've got to leave it behind

It's no secret that a conscience can sometimes be a pest
It's no secret ambition bites the nails of success
Every artist is a cannibal, every poet is a thief
All kill their inspiration and sing about their grief

And it's true we are immune
When fact is fiction and T.V. reality

All of Kite
All of City of Blinding Lights

Yeah :)
 
I will not forsake, the colours that you bring, but the nights you filled with fireworks, they left you with nothing,
I'm still enchanted, by the light you brought to me, I still listen through your ears and through your eyes I can see

And if the, night runs over, And if, the day won't last
And if your way should falter, along that stony pass
(It's just a moment, this time will pass)

Johnny take a dive, with your sister in the rain
Let her talk about the things, you can't explain
To touch (chow), is to heal (chow) to hurt is (chow) to steal (ch-chucka chow) If you wanna kiss the sky, better learn how to kneel, on your knees boy
CHOW WAH (she's the wave)
CHOW WAH (like the turn of tide)
CHOW (She sees the man inside the chiiiiiiiiild, yeah)
CHOW It's alright, it's alright, it's alright
SHE MOVES, IN MSTERIOUS WAYS!!!

See the world, in green and blue,
See China right in front of you
See the canyons broken by cloud,
See the tuna fleets clearing the sea out,
See the beduin fires at night,
See the oilfields at first light and
See the bird with the leaf in her mouth,
After the flood all the colours came out...
 
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