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Listened to this song in the middle of the night on headphones and was moved more than ever before by it's texture and beauty within the weariness and pain. I suspect i have missed an awful lot of both subtelty and power through not listening through the phones, time o rectify that i think.
I cannot remember much of what Bono said about the song now but i remember i found his angle interesting. For me that ghostly pleading of the line "Return the call to home" is the exquisite centre piece. Below is my personal take, would love to hear others views on it and whether it moves them or not, love the thought and perspectives on this forum, together with being shown different versions of songs i didn't know about, it, Thank You.
I have no idea what it is like to be an actual war correspondent but i do recall the sense of myself unable (through guilt, depression and self hatred) to return the call "Home" to myself. Because of this i could not connect with the people i loved more than anyone in the world.
The war within may just as well have spirited me to another land even when i was only a few feet away from them, so utterly unable to form lucid thought, feeling, words and connection.
I suspect Bono may well have had themes such as this and others in mind when he penned it but it matters little whether he did or not. All i know is (for me) it is a special song with some genius lyrics.
Listened to this song in the middle of the night on headphones and was moved more than ever before by it's texture and beauty within the weariness and pain. I suspect i have missed an awful lot of both subtelty and power through not listening through the phones, time o rectify that i think.
I cannot remember much of what Bono said about the song now but i remember i found his angle interesting. For me that ghostly pleading of the line "Return the call to home" is the exquisite centre piece. Below is my personal take, would love to hear others views on it and whether it moves them or not, love the thought and perspectives on this forum, together with being shown different versions of songs i didn't know about, it, Thank You.
I have no idea what it is like to be an actual war correspondent but i do recall the sense of myself unable (through guilt, depression and self hatred) to return the call "Home" to myself. Because of this i could not connect with the people i loved more than anyone in the world.
The war within may just as well have spirited me to another land even when i was only a few feet away from them, so utterly unable to form lucid thought, feeling, words and connection.
I suspect Bono may well have had themes such as this and others in mind when he penned it but it matters little whether he did or not. All i know is (for me) it is a special song with some genius lyrics.