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I posted this copy on a thread here and in my LiveJournal. I've made a couple of adjustments since then ...

I was drinking some wine and it turned to blood
What's the use of religion if you're any good?
I know I'm weedkiller honey and you're sugar
If you're the prosecution, I'd get away with murder
If you were ice, I'm water
And with your telescope, I can see further
We're binary code, a one and a zero
You wanted violins and you got Nero
You're gravity, searching for the ground
You're silence, searching for a sound
Your heart is aching, your heart is my home
It's fascinating, I know I'll never be alone

But I'm ripping the stitches
We've got two hands to rub
I'm digging the ditches
Of someone else's love

Loves hears when I die
Love puts the blue back in my eye
Love will come again
I'll be gone again ... again

If you're hungry, baby let me feed it
If your heart is full, baby let me bleed it
And happiness is for those who don't really need it
You love me too much, you always love me too much

When I was ripping the stitches
We've got two fists [?] to rub
I'm digging the ditches
Of someone else's luck

Love hears when I die
Love puts the blue back in my eye
Love has come again
I am gone again
Love's got to be with the weak
Only then love gets a chance to speak
Love will come again
I'll be gone again ... again

I ... I can't escape myself
I hear you tall [?] (It should probably be 'talk' but I do not hear a 'k')
Feeling nothing, I feel nothing, feel
I can hear someone
Feel nothing
I can hear someone
Feel nothing
[Some of those could be 'fear' rather than 'feel']

Love is come again
I am gone again
Love is the end of history
The enemy of misery
Love has come again
I am gone again
Love is justice, a charity
Love brings with it a clarity
Love is come again
I'm alive again ... alive
I am alive, baby I'm born again and again and again and again and again and again and again ...

Edited after ADecentMelody's correction.
 
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Lyric correction

Axver said:


But I'm ripping the stitches
We've got two hands to rub
I'm picking the dangers
Of someone else's love
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I think the third line there should be: I'm digging the ditches
 
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ADecentMelody said:


I think the third line there should be: I'm digging the ditches
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Yeah, I was wondering about that one. I cannot figure out what that second word, but if it's 'digging', then 'ditches' would definitely make sense instead of 'dangers'. I'll go listen again.

Edit: ADecentMelody, I just had a close listen, and I'm pretty sure you're right. Thanks for the correction!
 
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It'll be a group effort till the official lyrics come out. :wink:

Now, we gotta work on we've got two hands to rub and love hears when i die. They sound a bit off.

Thanks for posting the bulk of it though.
 
pretty sure it's "love hears when I lie"

not die...

"If you're hungry, baby let me feed it"

should be hunger, not hungry
 
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korczykp said:
pretty sure it's "love hears when I lie"

not die...
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A lot of people have been saying that, but I hear a sound much closer to a 'd' rather than an 'l'. It's really close. I'm currently typing 'die' because I prefer that, but it could easily be 'lie'.

Also ... 'we've got two hands to rub' definitely doesn't seem right, but I just cannot figure that line out at all. I initially thought it was 'we've got two minutes to run'!
 
Didn't see the edit ...

korczykp said:
"If you're hungry, baby let me feed it"

should be hunger, not hungry
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Heh, 'hungry' is a typo on my behalf. Sorry about that one!

That line should be "If you hunger, baby let me feed it."
 
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Axver said:


A lot of people have been saying that, but I hear a sound much closer to a 'd' rather than an 'l'. It's really close. I'm currently typing 'die' because I prefer that, but it could easily be 'lie'.

Also ... 'we've got two hands to rub' definitely doesn't seem right, but I just cannot figure that line out at all. I initially thought it was 'we've got two minutes to run'!
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you heard a D in there?

I hear a VERY clear L :p

plus "love hears when I lie" just makes more sense than die
 
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ADecentMelody said:


I hear lie too, and am thinking it's Love, here's where I lie
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Hmm. After listening a few times, maybe both of you have a point and it's 'lie'. Still not 100% sure. Though I'm pretty confident it's 'when', not 'where'.
 
Axver said:


Hmm. After listening a few times, maybe both of you have a point and it's 'lie'. Still not 100% sure. Though I'm pretty confident it's 'when', not 'where'.
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yeah, I'm also positive it's when

it would make the line fit a lot better with the theme of the song too, love being this great ideal.. you can't lie to love because it'll always hear it
 
pepokiss said:


I think it says "you wanted violence, and you got nearer"
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ah, that kind of makes more sense... i was thinking it was nero too.

i've been trying to figure out these lyrics too. bono-ese, how i've missed thee...
 
i thought it was 'you wanted violence/and you got Nero'

Nero being a roman emporer way back in the 1st century, ordered a couple of crucifixions, got deposed, and committed suicide.
 
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then what the hell does that line mean exactly?
what it has to do with the song?

I still don't get it


and I'm still not buying the

"I hear someone
Feel nothing
I hear someone
Fear nothing"

part... it doesn't sound like that at all

:|
 
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Not sure if this helps, but the Romans blamed Nero for starting the fire and buring a huge chunk of the city, which he then built a lavish palace on-or-what else rhymes with "zero"
 
pepokiss said:
still clueless...

I'm going with the violence/nearer theory... which is mine :wink:
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The legend goes that nero played the violin as he watched rome burn.
 
we're missing the big question

I don't buy the:

"I hear someone
Feel nothing
I hear someone
Fear nothing"

part... it doesn't sound like that at all


I just can hear that line and read this lines and think and assume that they are the same....
help
 
pepokiss said:
still clueless...

I'm going with the violence/nearer theory... which is mine :wink:
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i think it is saying you were hoping for a great romance (violins) but instead you got your violins alright, but not what you expected. I believe that in most of the song that Bono is saying that in the relationship between himself and his wife that he got the better deal. sort of like ice and water go together, but water can melt ice. like on digital recordings ones and zero go together, but he classifies her as a one and himself comparatively as a big zero. he also uses her understanding and foresight (telescope) to make his way in life clearer. He feels he is like poison for her (weedkiller) compared to her (sugar)
Now, wasn't all this fantasy fun?
Actually, on a factual side to correct a previous post. Nero had Rome burned while tradition says he played the violin, but he blamed the Christians since they were neutral on politics and emperor worship and wouldn't join the roman legion. That caused a great wave of persecution for them.
 
I think these lyrics are stronger than most on HTDAAB. The lyrics and the chorus really make this song!
 
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