Lyrics to NLOTH album

[neutral]

I was speeding on the subway
Through the stations of the cross
Every eye looking every other way
Counting down ‘til the Pentecost

Is this one really counting down 'till the Pentecost? I am hearing it as, counting down till the pain will stop.

 

[last unicorn]

^ It is: Counting down until the pain will stop.

 

[Aardvark747]

cheers for posting the lyrics

 

[iota]

sure it's not Pentacost? that would be a GREAT lyric if so.

 

[Varitek]

It's pain will stop.

However, I think I hear
a vision of invisibility
not
of vision over visibility.

thoughts?

 

[The Disciple]

It's pain will stop.

However, I think I hear
a vision of invisibility
not
of vision over visibility.

thoughts?

I thought that at first, but I think now that I hear it again, that vision over visibility is correct.

We'll c when we get the liner notes.

 

[silgari]

Thanks for the lyrics!

 

[Anu]

What a great and necessary thread. Thank you!

 

[Rosebud]

It's pain will stop.

However, I think I hear
a vision of invisibility
not
of vision over visibility.

thoughts?

This phrase caught my attention. I could swear I'd heard it from somewhere else. Finally, it came to me -- U2's cover of Keep On Rockin' In A Free World. Remember that? It went something like, "you've got to trust your vision over visibility".

Hopefully I'm not hallucinating here.

 

[Varitek]

Yeah, that makes me prefer my version even more. 1) it's not as much of a rip off and 2) I think it makes more sense.

 

[Rosebud]

Who knows, it could very well be your interpretation. We''ll just have to wait and see!

 

[last unicorn]

This phrase caught my attention. I could swear I'd heard it from somewhere else. Finally, it came to me -- U2's cover of Keep On Rockin' In A Free World. Remember that? It went something like, "you've got to trust your vision over visibility".

Hopefully I'm not hallucinating here.

No, it's true, it's from U2's version of Rocking in a free world.

 

[last unicorn]

Fez-Being Born

Six o´clock
On the autoroute
Burning rubber, burning chrome
Bay of Cadiz and ferry home
Atlantic sea cut glass
African sun at last

Lights... flash past...
Like memories
A speeding head, a speeding heart
I´m being born, a bleeding start
The engines roar, blood curling wail
Head first then foot
The heart sets sail

I love this, it's so minimalistic.

It's like a little poem on its own.

I love the last line.

 

[JoRu]

I was speeding on the subway
Through the stations of the cross
Every eye looking every other way
Counting down ’til the Pentacost

Could also be:

I was speeding on the subway
Through the stations of the cross
Every eye looking every other way
Counting down ’til the train would stop

Train certainly makes sense here since he's talking about subways and stations, but could as well be "pain".

 

[Varitek]

Could also be:

I was speeding on the subway
Through the stations of the cross
Every eye looking every other way
Counting down ’til the train would stop

Train certainly makes sense here since he's talking about subways and stations, but could as well be "pain".

Give him some credit; it's pain.

 

[Laura M]

Breathe - Isn't it there's three things I need you to know? instead of a few?

 

[pgv]

The lyrics are one of my favourite things about this album, back on form Bono

Also, don't know if this has been brought up but in NLOTH isn't it "Rue de Marais" instead of "Due de Marais" ?

 

[last unicorn]

^ Yes, it's RUE de Marais. It's the French cop motiv from Tripoli.

 

[Vlad n U 2]

Wow, some of these lyrics from Bono are simply amazing and just as good as the lyrics from Pop.

Even the few mentions of soul and kneel don't disappoint me.

Breathe has the most kickass lyrics, like an 'in your face' message to all the U2 haters.

 

[neutral]

Breathe - Isn't it there's three things I need you to know? instead of a few?

Pretty sure it's three. Love that part of the song too.

 

[Bonogirl777]

In Magnificent, is it:
Only love can leave such a mark/scar

or is it

Only love can heal such a mark/scar

???

 

[astepcloser24]

I hear "only love can LEAVE such a mark," but it's kinda interesting as to what people hear. I guess the more pessimistic people hear 'leave' and the optimistics hear 'heal'.

 

[last unicorn]

No it's LEAVE in both cases.

Love heals and love hurts.

 

[linearlove]

Lyrics- Yay!

Cedars of Lebanon

Yesterday I spent asleep, woke up in my clothes in a dirty heap
Spent the night trying to make a deadline
Squeezing complicated lives into a simple headline
I have your face in an old polaroid
Tidying the children's clothes and toys
You're smiling back at me, took the photo from the fridge
Can't remember whatever we did

Haven't been with a woman, it feels like it's been years
Thought of you the whole time, your salty tears
This shitty world sometimes produces a rose
The scent of it lingers but then it just goes

Return the call to home.

The worst of us are a long, drawn out confession
The rest of us are geniuses of compression.
You say you're not gonna leave the truth alone
I'm here 'cause I don't wanna go home.

Child drinkin' dirty water from the riverbank
Soldier brings oranges he got out from a tank
Waiting on the waiter, he's taking a while to come
Watching the sun go down in Lebanon

Return the call to home.

I got a head like a lit cigarette.
Unholy heads reflect in a ( )?
You're so high above me, higher than everyone
Where are you in the Cedars of Lebanon?

Choose your enemies carefully 'cause they will define you
Make them interesting, 'cause in some ways they will mind you
They're not there in the beginning but when your story ends
Gonna last with you longer than your friends

i like this song. it is in my best album of songs list. but i have a question.

when i read this song or listen to it, i can see the person doing alot of these things. but i am a little bit not sure.

when the man 'took the photo from the fridge', does that mean the photo was on the fridge or did he use his camera and take the photo at the fridge.

 

[dan_smee]

i like this song. it is in my best album of songs list. but i have a question.

when i read this song or listen to it, i can see the person doing alot of these things. but i am a little bit not sure.

when the man 'took the photo from the fridge', does that mean the photo was on the fridge or did he use his camera and take the photo at the fridge.

It means he took a photo off his fridge, either to look at, or so he wouldn't have to look at it.

If he was taking a photo of the fridge, he would have said just that "I took A photo OF the fridge" rather than "I took THE photo FROM the fridge"

 

[Laura M]

Pretty sure it's three. Love that part of the song too.

This is my favourite song by far at the moment.

 

[linearlove]

It means he took a photo off his fridge, either to look at, or so he wouldn't have to look at it.

If he was taking a photo of the fridge, he would have said just that "I took A photo OF the fridge" rather than "I took THE photo FROM the fridge"

hello dan

i do not think i was clear in my question. i know the man did not take a photo of his fridge. when would he? that would be silly and then then song would not make any sense at all. but did the man:

take the photo that was stuck on the fridge already been taken earlier in time, or
he was standing by the fridge when he took the photo of the woman cleaning up the toys


thanks for getting back to me so soon

 

[Village Idiot]

Unknown Caller


3:33 when the numbers fell off the clock face
Speed dialimg with no signal at all

3.33 hmmm is that a half confession of being the anti Christ?

 

[Village Idiot]

White As Snow


Now this dry ground it bears no fruit at all
Only ??? under a crescent moon

i would tentatively suggest the missing word is "poppies" or perhaps "poppy" although the plural would make greater sense.

 

[Village Idiot]

The lyrics are one of my favourite things about this album, back on form Bono

Oddly for me the lyrics are the weakest for a while - however that's only my first impression; perhaps it will change over time. seems like he's gone back to the UF days of stream of conciousness type of thing as opposed the more structured lyrics of late. Just a thought.