Could be. Or maybe even just any soldier or bomber in general---that it doesn't phase them at all.
Yeah, I think it could have multiple meanings (with suicide bombing being the clearest). That's what I like to see from the B man!
Could be. Or maybe even just any soldier or bomber in general---that it doesn't phase them at all.
Nah. It's just a rollicking fun single. Nothing more, nothing less.
Yep my bet is also on "if someone starts to blow it up" (or stops to blow it up).I think it is: "if someone starts to blow it up"
And I'm pretty sure Love and community is right.
Maybe Sexy Boots actually refers to a person?Hey sexy boots...
Get on your boots, yeah
Not right now
Bossy boots
You don’t know how beautiful
You don’t know how beautiful you are
You don’t know, and you don’t get it, do you?
You don’t know how beautiful you are
Hey sexy boots
I don’t want to talk about the wars between the nations
Sexy boots, yeah
submarines are less effective in desert combat than you guys would like to think.
The "sexy boots" bit is not about Saturday night fuckme boots. It's about army/fighting boots, and in kind of a sarcastic way.
It's about the politics of fear amongst other things. The flip-side of war and how we can counteract it by mocking the devil. Bono has been fascinated by this for some time, how kids in Sarajevo went about their business on a Saturday night, clubbing while rockets fell etc.
False (lyrically speaking).
Any song that mentions Satan in the first verse isn't "just a rollicking fun single".
"the future needs a big kiss" ... we've got a long way to go against poverty and such ... "winds blow" ... the window of change blow the democrats into office ... "with a twist" ... the first african american president ... "never seen a moon like this" ... refers to the once in a blue moon opportunity of these events ... "can you see it too?" ... are you aware of this historical moment?The future needs a big kiss
Winds blows with a twist
Never seen a moon like this
Can you see it too?
"Night is falling everwhere" ... it's dusk (????) ... "rockets at the fun fair" ... there's a loud unexpected explosion of fireworks at the county fair Bono has taken his family to as a slight escape from the scary world and big issues of life (???) ... "satan loves a bomb scare" ... loud explosions at an irish fair could well be bombs, especially with attacks in europe by various terrorist bombings, evil loves to threaten and fear ... "but he won't scare you" ... Bono is startled, but his wife is unphased, confident, fearlessNight is falling everywhere
Rockets at the fun fair
Satan loves a bomb scare
But he won’t scare you
"Hey, sexy boots" ... hello confident, fearless woman ... "Get on your boots, yeah" ... you're right, I need to man up and be fearless, get on my boots, face the world and live lifeHey, sexy boots
Get on your boots, yeah
"You free me from the dark dream" ... with his family, but his mind on heavier things, his wife snaps him out of it, calls him to the present moment ... "candy floss ice cream" ... more signs of the lightness, fun of the escapist fair ... "All our kids are screaming, but the ghosts aren't real" ... in contrast to the scary world of continuing war (justified or otherwise), Bono notices his kids screaming at the enjoyment of spook houses and rollercoasters.You free me from the dark dream
Candy floss ice cream
All our kids are screaming
But the ghosts aren’t real
"Here's where we gotta be" ... look at my family and kids at the fair ... "Love and community" ... enjoying themselves, being together in love, this is what we need to foster in the world ... "Laughter is eternity, if joy is real" ... this must be a taste of what heaven is like, i wish this moment could last forever ... "Here’s where we gotta be
Love and community
Laughter is eternity
If joy is real
"You don't know how beautiful you are" ... Wow, look at my wife, family and friends ... this is life, this is love, you have no idea how much you strengthen me, when the world is dark ... you are such a light to me, a real hope.You don’t know how beautiful
You don’t know how beautiful you are
You don’t know, and you don’t get it, do you?
You don’t know how beautiful you are
"That's someone's stuff they're blowing up" ... back to reality, there are wars and rumors of wars, and Bono's getting tired of it. His whole life and artist discography shows his desire for people to stop the fighting and come together and peace and respect .... "We're into growing up" ... we've been at the fighting for too long, it's time to be adults not children, and stop fighting ... "Women of the future" ... mothers (???) ... "Hold the big revelations" ... if we can teach our children not to fight, that will be the real test of our wisdomThat’s someone’s stuff they’re blowing up
We’re into growing up
Women of the future
Hold the big revelations
"I got a submarine" even with the hope my family gives me, I still grow tired of this world and want to escape, and I have the mode of transport ... "you got gasoline" ... you have the fuel for our escape, let's escape this mess together, let's have some fun... "I don't want to talk about wars between nations" ... self explanitory ... "not right now" ... I want to make some musicI got a submarine
You got gasoline
I don’t want to talk about wars between nations
Not right now
"Let me in the sound" ... To put it simply ... Looking for the sound that gonna drown out the world ... "God, I'm going down" ... this world is wearing me out with people dying and I can't stop it all ... "I don't wanna drown now" ... I need to get my head out of all this serious thinking "Meet me in the sound" ... Let's get lost in the moment and have some fun in the music.Let me in the sound
Let me in the sound
Let me in the sound, sound
Let me in the sound, sound
Meet me in the sound
Let me in the sound
Let me in the sound, now
God, I’m going down
I don’t wanna drown now
Meet me in the sound
Who is Bono talking about in the chorus:
His wife?
America?
God?
Submarines?
I like how it is very ambiguous even ironic given the "you don't get it do you" part.
Here's my verse by verse breakdown:
I think it's VERY wrong to declare these lyrics simple, light, throwaway type lyrics, it's U2 after all.
There certainly is a war theme there . . .
I love how there can be several interpretations, all of which seem to be pretty heavy. This is no throwaway song.