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Wow, this is really very interesting. I like the ideas of numbers as a theme in the songs.
"J33, the magic number" - this is at 12 seconds in.
"Shout it out... Rise up...
Gravity
Heal me
Teach me
That I may be..."
This is what I have so far.
'There in the perfect grass, an opening'
'You know the three magic numbers......(they all look up to?)'
'So you dial them onto your......(sounds like headlight or hairline)'
'No'
'Louder Now'
'Rise Up'
Ohoh
'....put yourself'
'and clarity'
'hear me through you speak'
'there are many who could not'
ohoh
'the lord has plans'
'I need to try to/'
'/Ascend up.....'
'You know good and well.......(I wanna..?)'
'Stood there with the sweet of your afterlife'
'.......'
'inside.......'
'so put yourself'
'don't preachers know?'
ohoh
'Help us Lord'
'Hypocritics out!'
'...........'
'right now'
'You know their names'
'So forgive these sins'
'Through you speak'
'better.......'
'could have been'
ohoh
'God.....'
'Oh day that made'
I have been trying very hard to work out the lyrics to this song, because it's my favourite of the 4 clips.
I wonder what you think of my interpretation.
I think that in the first verse I can hear him say the following:
"J33, the magic number" - this is at 12 seconds in.
Then, at 22 seconds, he sings "Dial it"
I might be totally wrong, but I remembered how Bono or Edge said that numbers were very important in this album.
"J33" is a number that has been used before - on the cover of ATYCLB, in the top left. The band altered the image of the airport terminal to put 'J33_3' in. I am not religious but I understand this refers to a verse in the bible, possibly Jeremiah or Job, which is known as 'God's phone number' - hence why I think he might be singing "Dial it" at 0.22.
Maybe one of you can help me out with this bible verse - I believe it goes something like:
"Call to me and I will answer you and show you great and hidden things that you have not known".
I remember reading an interview with Bono back in the ATYCLB days where he said he found it scrawled on a wall in a public toilet, or something like that, and the idea stuck with him.
Then in the first chorus, I hear the following:
"Shout it out... Rise up...
Gravity
Heal me
Teach me
That I may be..."
I don't want to over-analyse and I may be well off, but I just wondered what you guys think, and if you can hear the same?
.............................
.............................
.............................
"J33, the magic number" - this is at 12 seconds in.
Then, at 22 seconds, he sings "Dial it"
"J33" is a number that has been used before - on the cover of ATYCLB, in the top left. The band altered the image of the airport terminal to put 'J33_3' in. I am not religious but I understand this refers to a verse in the bible, possibly Jeremiah or Job, which is known as 'God's phone number' - hence why I think he might be singing "Dial it" at 0.22.
It's Jeremiah 33:3
. . . and that guy, Jesus.
Here's what I posted a few days ago...any other possibilities besides these 3?
Originally Posted by bram
I know calling clip #1 "No Line on the Horizon" has fallen out of favor, but I'm a bit confused as to why. There are at least 3 possible options:
1) the original 3:43 clip outside the studios is No Line and so is clip #1.
2) the 3:43 is a combination of No Line and clip #1 being played over each other at the same time, which is why people here the words "No Line..." and the #1 chorus and guitar solo all in the same clip
3) the 3:43 clip changed lyrically by a significant amount since it was recorded...and No Line has now become #1 and may have a different name
Any other options? Which do you find the most likely (after listening to the original clip again)?
Im inclined to say number 2. The solo wouldnt fit with NLOTH,,, its a basic melody driven solo... it follows the same melodic structure. it couldnt be for any other song. Also hear some of the verse guitar in the NLOH clip
Here is an attempted transcription of the lyrics to track #1 U2DMfan tried to do from the other thread... A lot of it seems to be right to me. It doesn't seem to me like these lyrics go to a song called "No Line on the Horizon."
'There in the perfect grass, an opening'
'You know the three magic numbers......(they all look up to?)'
'So you dial them onto your......(sounds like headlight or hairline)'
'No'
'Louder Now'
'Rise Up'
Ohoh
'....put yourself'
'and clarity'
'hear me through you speak'
'there are many who could not'
ohoh
'the lord has plans'
'I need to try to/'
'/Ascend up.....'
'You know good and well.......(I wanna..?)'
'Stood there with the sweet of your afterlife'
'.......'
'inside.......'
'so put yourself'
'don't preachers know?'
ohoh
'Help us Lord'
'Hypocritics out!'
'...........'
'right now'
'You know their names'
'So forgive these sins'
'Through you speak'
'better.......'
'could have been'
ohoh
'God.....'
'Oh day that made'