Hold me, thrill me, kiss me, kill me!

[bonocrazy88]

Real lyrics:

They want you to be Jesus
They'll go down on one knee
But they'll want their money back
If you're alive at thirty-three
And you're turning tricks
With your crucifix
You're a star

The lyrics I always heard:

They'll want you to be Jesus
They'll go down on one knee
But they'll want their money back
If you're alive, HONEY PLEASE
And you're turning tricks
with your CONSTANT FIX
You're a star



But really, on the "Alive @ 33" part, I can't hear the 33. I only hear "honey please" or something like that.
I don't know what's going on.

 

[Axver]

Hmmm ... I'd always heard them how they actually are. Although I used to hear the following part of Beautiful Day wrong;

Correct version - ' The sky falls, you feel like it's a beautiful day.'
How I heard it - 'The sky's full of felines, it's a beautiful day.'

 

[Angela Harlem]

alive at 33????? I thought it was 'alive, honey please' too!

 

[bonosloveslave]

Yep, I heard 'honey please' too for a long time

 

[Squishy Peanut]

yeah I always heard 'honey please' too

 

[Salome]

I always hear "alive at 33"
one of the few lyrics I actually am able to decipher though

 

[bonocrazy88]

Wow, glad to know I am not the only one! I mean the lyric is so cool the way it's written, but I wish I could hear Bono sing it that way!

 

[~*Buffalo*~]

I always thought it was "Honey please" too ... well, it makes more sense with "Alive at 33". I did realise it said crucifix though ... but I can see how you'd think it was "Constant fix!"

 

[Michael Griffiths]

I think it's difficult to decipher because Bono has never been good at singing consonants. He was quoted as saying he could only sing vowel sounds until recently. Listen to 'Pride' and it's hard to even make out the "v" sound at the end of "In the name of looooove". "Thirty-three" could be a tough one for him as well.

 

[thrillme]

According to the Bible, Jesus was 33 when He was crucified.

One of my fave songs. That guitar riff about a minute into the song, awesome.

 

[AdamsPoptart]

When i first heard it i thought he was saying

If your alive honey flee...

It must take a rocket scientist to decipher some of Bono's words.Some words do catch off gaurd until i read the lyrics archive to what he's really sings.

 

[VampiressDarie]

I always thought it was "honey please", but I could understand the crucifix part perfectly.

 

[Keocmb]

And you're turning tricks
With your crucifix

This BLOWS my mind.

 

[bonocrazy88]

I knew it was 33, but I've never heard that either! I always hear "honey please" too...although the real lyric is very good..and it makes sense...

 

[babyman]

honey please? i've read the lyrics when the song came out, and it was alive at33, so, no surprise!