Wire

[Axver]

I think it ... sounds like both! I remember once hearing "Swing-aling" ...

 

[The Sage]

lol...that must be it!

Im certain it's swing on it though...

 

[gareth brown]

In some white track
You come the right track
Cartoon cutout
Cut throat bled out
I'm on your side
Be on the both side
I'm alright Jack
You get off my back
I'm no dope
I give you hope
Here's the rope
Here's the rope
Now...swing away

Go here... http://lyrics.interference.com/u2/lyrics/albums/unforgettable-fire/wire.html as they say: the most accurate lyric collection on the internet where U2 is concerned...

 

[The Sage]

It's so white trash if you've got the cash.
A cartoon cut out, a cut-throat let out.
Look I'm on your side, we're both right.
Hey, I'm alright Jack, just don't piggyback.
I'm no dope, I'll give you hope.
Here's the rope.
Here's the rope?
Now swing on it.

From u2.com, the official U2 site...

 

[wolfeden]

"here's the rope, now swing on it"

reference to hanging yourself, just a faster form of suicide than the drugs the rest of the song's about.

 

[NameOfLove19]

I like Wire.
I like Trip Through Your Wires.
I like Grace, too.


....guess I'm pretty easy to please.

Seriously, I think the guitar intro to Wire is great- like nothing else I've ever heard. And, like many of the other UF songs, it's got really emotional, passionate vocals.

 

[hitman71]

WIRE ABSOFUC**NGLUTELY ROCKS! sorry for screaming...just had to get that point across

 

[celia]

I love the last bit of the song. It really gets your heart racing! Brilliant.

 

[Numb1075]

I'm a fan of Wire and rate UF the album as one of U2s best, if not the best.

As far as Grace and TTYW, I enjoy them both too. U2 could do a song to Green Eggs and Ham and I would enjoy it.

 

[edgeboy]

Wire has some of bonos strongest vocals!

 

[t8thgr8]

can some one email me a good live version of wire please, its my favorite song off of the album.

could someone also explain the meaning behind a little bit too?

 

[verte76]

You can put me in the "I like Wire" club also. To me it's raw and untamed, and that's what I like about so many U2 songs.