Bono's Most Biting Lyrics - Page 2

AnCatKatie · 07-24-2011, 03:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Headache in a Suitcase

Mother, am I still your son?
You know I've waited so long
To hear you say so
Mother, you left and made me someone
Now I'm still a child,
No one tells me no...

This. Mofo has a lot of pain in it...

Babydoll · 07-24-2011, 04:51 PM

This may not be a lyrical masterpiece, nor dark but to me it's poignant as it relates to quite a few situations in my life:

The lyrics from Kite:

Who's to say where the wind will take you?
Who's to say what it is will break you?
I don't know which way the wind will blow
Don't wanna see you cry,
I know that this is not goodbye...

Jive Turkey · 07-24-2011, 04:53 PM

Get it right
There's no blood thicker than ink

waynetravis · 07-24-2011, 05:09 PM

Love is blindness
I don't want to see
Won't you wrap the night
Around me
Oh my heart
Love is blindness

In a parked car
In a crowded street
You see your love
Made complete
Thread is ripping
The knot is slipping
Love is blindness

Love is clockworks
And cold steel
Fingers too numb to feel
Squeeze the handle
Blow out the candle
Love is blindness

Love is blindness
I don't want to see
Won't you wrap the night
Around me
Oh my love
Blindness

A little death
Without mourning
No call
And no warning
Baby...a dangerous idea
That almost makes sense

Love is drowning
In a deep well
All the secrets
And no one to tell
Take the money
Honey
Blindness

Love is blindness
I don't want to see
Won't you wrap the night
Around me
Oh my love
Blindness

iron yuppie · 07-24-2011, 06:32 PM

My nomination would be Gone. That is as scathing as they come in U2's catalogue.

hikerdeb · 07-25-2011, 03:19 PM

All the lyrics that have been mentioned here have a deep emotional impact, because Bono always writes from the heart.

But I don't know if Bono would have been capable of writing one of the cruelest lines I've ever heard. This is from an R.E.M. song:

"This one goes out to the one I love/This one goes out to the one I've left behind/A simple prop to occupy my time."

That line is chilling because it has NO emotion. It's cold and calculating. I can't think of anything that's quite equivalent to that in Bono's catalog.

cobl04 · 07-25-2011, 08:16 PM

Nearly all the lines in So Cruel

Jorinde · 07-25-2011, 08:47 PM

Outside
Somebody's outside
Somebody's knocking at the door
There's a black car parked
At the side of the road
Don't go to the door
Don't go to the door

Won't you come back tomorrow?
Won't you be back tomorrow?
Will you be back tomorrow?
Can I sleep tonight?

sunnysideoflove · 07-31-2011, 07:17 PM

one's he's lifted are often very good, 'the silence creeps under the door'
'send a stretcher or you make me crawl'
and in context
'suffer the needle chill'
'high, higher than the sun'
it's a matter of context, when i saw them live, 'i got a feeling called vertigo' made total sense x

sunnysideoflove · 07-31-2011, 07:17 PM

such a happy lyric x

sunnysideoflove · 07-31-2011, 07:18 PM

'i think sincerity is the most important quality in a rock star x'

Gone95 · 08-25-2011, 10:16 PM

So Cruel, Acrobat? So Cruel is obviously the perfect example of "biting" lyrics, I think.

Galeongirl · 08-26-2011, 07:31 AM

I thought of this thread when listening to Acrobat..

"What do we do when it's all been said, when there's no laughter in the house and all the books have been read"

ElectricalStorm · 08-26-2011, 08:02 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Galeongirl

I thought of this thread when listening to Acrobat..

"What do we do when it's all been said, when there's no laughter in the house and all the books have been read"

I honestly thought it was "No new ideas in the house and every book has been read". Or am I wrong?

Galeongirl · 08-26-2011, 09:02 AM

Wow you're completely correct, it says so in the U2.com liner notes. Can add that one to the misheard lyrics then, cause that's what I always made of it.

cobl04 · 08-26-2011, 09:47 AM

Yep that's what the booklet says...

angelordevil · 08-26-2011, 02:42 PM

"With a mouth full of teeth, you ate all your friends."

waynetravis · 08-26-2011, 04:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ElectricalStorm

I honestly thought it was "No new ideas in the house and every book has been read". Or am I wrong?

So did I

ElectricalStorm · 08-26-2011, 06:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by waynetravis

So did I

Apparently we're right

Quote:

Originally Posted by angelordevil

"With a mouth full of teeth, you ate all your friends."

I always found that a very biting lyric, especially with the "And you broke every heart, thinking every heart mends" afterwards.

bonocomet · 08-26-2011, 06:51 PM

See the stone set in your eyes

That one always gets me, and right from the start of the song setting the mood perfectly. Just brings it straight to the point, something that was once hot and "alive", turning cold and hardened.

I'm sure there are other ways to interpret the line as well, but it's what I always feel when I hear it.

07-24-2011, 04:51 PM	#22
Babydoll Blue Crack Addict Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Berlin, Germany. Posts: 22,280 Local Time: 04:31 AM	This may not be a lyrical masterpiece, nor dark but to me it's poignant as it relates to quite a few situations in my life: The lyrics from Kite: Who's to say where the wind will take you? Who's to say what it is will break you? I don't know which way the wind will blow Don't wanna see you cry, I know that this is not goodbye... __________________

08-26-2011, 06:51 PM	#40
bonocomet Blue Crack Distributor Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: California :) Posts: 67,032 Local Time: 06:31 PM	See the stone set in your eyes That one always gets me, and right from the start of the song setting the mood perfectly. Just brings it straight to the point, something that was once hot and "alive", turning cold and hardened. I'm sure there are other ways to interpret the line as well, but it's what I always feel when I hear it. __________________

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07-24-2011, 04:53 PM	#23
Jive Turkey ONE love, blood, life Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 13,646 Local Time: 10:31 PM	Get it right There's no blood thicker than ink

07-24-2011, 05:09 PM	#24
waynetravis Blue Crack Supplier Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Hull, UK Posts: 36,231 Local Time: 03:31 AM	Love is blindness I don't want to see Won't you wrap the night Around me Oh my heart Love is blindness In a parked car In a crowded street You see your love Made complete Thread is ripping The knot is slipping Love is blindness Love is clockworks And cold steel Fingers too numb to feel Squeeze the handle Blow out the candle Love is blindness Love is blindness I don't want to see Won't you wrap the night Around me Oh my love Blindness A little death Without mourning No call And no warning Baby...a dangerous idea That almost makes sense Love is drowning In a deep well All the secrets And no one to tell Take the money Honey Blindness Love is blindness I don't want to see Won't you wrap the night Around me Oh my love Blindness

07-24-2011, 06:32 PM	#25
iron yuppie ONE love, blood, life Join Date: May 2009 Location: Chicago Posts: 10,954 Local Time: 08:31 PM	My nomination would be Gone. That is as scathing as they come in U2's catalogue.

07-25-2011, 03:19 PM	#26
hikerdeb The Fly Join Date: Jul 2011 Posts: 80 Local Time: 09:31 PM	All the lyrics that have been mentioned here have a deep emotional impact, because Bono always writes from the heart. But I don't know if Bono would have been capable of writing one of the cruelest lines I've ever heard. This is from an R.E.M. song: "This one goes out to the one I love/This one goes out to the one I've left behind/A simple prop to occupy my time." That line is chilling because it has NO emotion. It's cold and calculating. I can't think of anything that's quite equivalent to that in Bono's catalog.

07-25-2011, 08:16 PM	#27
cobl04 45:33 Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: East Point to Shaolin Posts: 59,235 Local Time: 01:31 PM	Nearly all the lines in So Cruel

07-25-2011, 08:47 PM	#28
Jorinde Refugee Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: on the sunnyside of the street Posts: 1,749 Local Time: 03:31 AM	Outside Somebody's outside Somebody's knocking at the door There's a black car parked At the side of the road Don't go to the door Don't go to the door Won't you come back tomorrow? Won't you be back tomorrow? Will you be back tomorrow? Can I sleep tonight?

07-31-2011, 07:17 PM	#29
sunnysideoflove The Fly Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: manchester Posts: 66 Local Time: 03:31 AM	one's he's lifted are often very good, 'the silence creeps under the door' 'send a stretcher or you make me crawl' and in context 'suffer the needle chill' 'high, higher than the sun' it's a matter of context, when i saw them live, 'i got a feeling called vertigo' made total sense x

07-31-2011, 07:18 PM	#31
sunnysideoflove The Fly Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: manchester Posts: 66 Local Time: 03:31 AM	'i think sincerity is the most important quality in a rock star x'

08-25-2011, 10:16 PM	#32
Gone95 Babyface Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: New Jersey Posts: 27 Local Time: 10:31 PM	So Cruel, Acrobat? So Cruel is obviously the perfect example of "biting" lyrics, I think.

08-26-2011, 09:47 AM	#36
cobl04 45:33 Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: East Point to Shaolin Posts: 59,235 Local Time: 01:31 PM	Yep that's what the booklet says...

08-26-2011, 02:42 PM	#37
angelordevil Rock n' Roll Doggie VIP PASS Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Inside a sound Posts: 5,830 Local Time: 12:01 AM	"With a mouth full of teeth, you ate all your friends."