sunnysideoflove
The Fly
'i think sincerity is the most important quality in a rock star x'
Bono's Most Biting Lyrics
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Gone95
Babyface
So Cruel, Acrobat? So Cruel is obviously the perfect example of "biting" lyrics, I think.
Galeongirl
Galeonbroad
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"
"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
War Child
I honestly thought it was "No new ideas in the house and every book has been read". Or am I wrong?
Galeongirl
Galeonbroad
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
45:33
Yep that's what the booklet says...
angelordevil
Rock n' Roll Doggie VIP PASS
"With a mouth full of teeth, you ate all your friends."
waynetravis
Blue Crack Supplier
ElectricalStorm
War Child
So did I
Apparently we're right
I always found that a very biting lyric, especially with the "And you broke every heart, thinking every heart mends" afterwards.
bonocomet
Blue Crack Distributor
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.
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.
ElectricalStorm
War Child
On a bed of nails she makes me wait is another one from WOWY, but I agree that See the stone set in your eyes the perfect line is to begin the song.
I honestly can't understand why there are so many people who play this song on their wedding day.
waynetravis
Blue Crack Supplier
ElectricalStorm
War Child
financeguy
ONE love, blood, life
Must admit, I never picked up on that before.
greydogblues
Babyface
AB is so rich....
this gets to me lately:
I stopped outside a church house
Where the citizens like to sit
They say they want the kingdom
but they don't want God in it
this gets to me lately:
I stopped outside a church house
Where the citizens like to sit
They say they want the kingdom
but they don't want God in it
Globo14
Refugee
Biting, in more ways than one!
But anyway, I've gotta agree with that one from the first page
You asked me to enter, but then you make me crawl
And I can't be holding on, to what you've got
Gone95
Babyface
"You can throw it up, or choke on it."
Surprisingly dark lyrics from a band that was known for their honest, pleasant lyrics just a few years back. Acrobat really is just brilliant.
Surprisingly dark lyrics from a band that was known for their honest, pleasant lyrics just a few years back. Acrobat really is just brilliant.
Cactus Annie
Refugee
I thought this post was referring to Bono biting his nails at first
Did Bono write those lyrics? I don't know...
anyway, I can't relate to a lot of the lyrics, but I agree with the people who think So Cruel is one of the most biting U2 songs ever
Galeongirl
Galeonbroad
Yes. Bono wrote The Wanderer.
u2boy_nl
The Fly
Gone!
That entire song is so bitter, spiteful and angry, and i love it because of that.
I know Bono is partly singing about himself here, but let's ignore that.
Because then it's a song sung by someone who's angry and hurt and someone who is finally ending the relationship.
Closer to you every day
I didn't want it that much anyway
Someone who doesn't have a single positive thing to say about their former lover:
You're holding on to every little thing so tightly
'Til there's nothing left for you anyway
You wanted to get somewhere so badly
You had to lose yourself along the way
You hurt yourself you hurt your lover
Then you discover
What you thought was freedom is just greed
And there's this:
Goodbye...
And it's emotional
Good night...
I'll be up with the sun
You're still holding on
I'm not coming down
for me that's just another way of saying "frankly my dear, i don't give a damn"
frankly my dear i don't give a damn - YouTube
So yeah, Gone = Gone with the wind, but a lot shorter.
That entire song is so bitter, spiteful and angry, and i love it because of that.
I know Bono is partly singing about himself here, but let's ignore that.
Because then it's a song sung by someone who's angry and hurt and someone who is finally ending the relationship.
Closer to you every day
I didn't want it that much anyway
Someone who doesn't have a single positive thing to say about their former lover:
You're holding on to every little thing so tightly
'Til there's nothing left for you anyway
You wanted to get somewhere so badly
You had to lose yourself along the way
You hurt yourself you hurt your lover
Then you discover
What you thought was freedom is just greed
And there's this:
Goodbye...
And it's emotional
Good night...
I'll be up with the sun
You're still holding on
I'm not coming down
for me that's just another way of saying "frankly my dear, i don't give a damn"
frankly my dear i don't give a damn - YouTube
So yeah, Gone = Gone with the wind, but a lot shorter.
BlueSilkenSky
Rock n' Roll Doggie VIP PASS
"You were pretty as a picture, it was all there to see- then your face caught up with your psychology."
"If you need someone to blame, throw a rock in the air, you'll hit someone guilty."
"We stoop so low to reach so high."
"The trees are stripped bare of all they wear. What do I care?"
"And today the millions cry. We eat and drink while tomorrow they die."
"So you never felt wanted 'til you had someone slap your face."
Hm, Please has some really good ones...
"So you never knew that the Heaven you keep, you stole."
"Please, get up off your knees..."
"So love is hard and love is tough, but love is not what you're thinking of."
"Shards of glass, splinters like rain... you could only feel your own pain."
"If you need someone to blame, throw a rock in the air, you'll hit someone guilty."
"We stoop so low to reach so high."
"The trees are stripped bare of all they wear. What do I care?"
"And today the millions cry. We eat and drink while tomorrow they die."
"So you never felt wanted 'til you had someone slap your face."
Hm, Please has some really good ones...
"So you never knew that the Heaven you keep, you stole."
"Please, get up off your knees..."
"So love is hard and love is tough, but love is not what you're thinking of."
"Shards of glass, splinters like rain... you could only feel your own pain."
sunnysideoflove
The Fly
i started a landslide in my ego
just one of many many amazing lines
x
just one of many many amazing lines
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Moose-Head-Brew
Babyface
And I'd Join the movement, if there was one I could believe in.
More then suiting in our age of "Occupy" and "Tea Parties"
More then suiting in our age of "Occupy" and "Tea Parties"
canedge
Refugee
The city conducts a symphony
The search through shit for melody
A single scrap of dignity
In the junkyard of humanity
The search through shit for melody
A single scrap of dignity
In the junkyard of humanity
silkensky
War Child
Choose your enemies carefully 'cause they will define you
Make them interesting 'cause in some ways they will mind you
They're not there in the beginning but when your story ends
Gonna last with you longer than your friends
Not only biting, but pretty fucking cold to boot.
Make them interesting 'cause in some ways they will mind you
They're not there in the beginning but when your story ends
Gonna last with you longer than your friends
Not only biting, but pretty fucking cold to boot.
last unicorn
Blue Crack Addict
I love that
The way Bono sings the song and this part especially when they did the one and only performance of BFFTS in Portugal in 2010 gives me chills. I wish they'd played that song more often.
BluRmGrl
Rock n' Roll Doggie ALL ACCESS
I got no home in this world
Just gravity, luck, and time
I've got no home in this world
Just you, and you are not mine
Just gravity, luck, and time
I've got no home in this world
Just you, and you are not mine
Scorpionac
War Child
So you never knew how low you'd stoop to make that call
And you never knew what was on the ground 'til they made you crawl
So you never knew that the heaven you keep, you stole
Your Catholic blues, your convent shoes
Your stick-on tattoos, now they're making the news
Your holy war, your northern star
Your sermon on the mount from the boot of your car
And you never knew what was on the ground 'til they made you crawl
So you never knew that the heaven you keep, you stole
Your Catholic blues, your convent shoes
Your stick-on tattoos, now they're making the news
Your holy war, your northern star
Your sermon on the mount from the boot of your car
BlueSilkenSky
Rock n' Roll Doggie VIP PASS
"I've been trying to feel complete again, but you're gone and so is God."
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