seankirkland
The Fly
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- Sep 21, 2003
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I listened to WOWY for the first time in some time on Friday. It's still my favorite song of all time. After one time through, I repeated it. I love the build of the song, the pace. The Edge's guitar work on that song is brilliant.
As for the meaning of the song, after hearing it again and listening closely (for about the 1,000th time), I still believe it's from God's perspective. I thought this 12 years ago and it still fits. It's a very tender and heartwrenching cry from the heart of God, with God aching for relationship and communion with us, but being seperated.
"And you give yourself away...." speaks of how we give ourselves away to anything and everything BUT Him. He longs to be in conversation and relationship with us and for us to know who He is, but we seek out other means to be completed. When Bono literally screams/sings, it's so affecting. That's a cry from God.
"You got me with....nothing left to lose" is where God makes provision for us by sending Jesus to be our sacrifice so that we can enter into relationship once again.
The song could also be between God the Father and Jesus the Son, with God talking to Jesus as He's on the cross, taking on all the sin of the world, and thus making them seperate for a time. The pain that would be caused by this split would explain the deep pain contained in the song's emotional makeup.
A beautiful song.
Blessings!
Sean K.