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War Child
It's a great lyric, and it 's an amazing prayer, only U2 could get away with doing a song like this, and they did a I kick arse job at it too.
You know something jick i think your spot on with that commentjick said:I'm not one to join song-gushing threads much but I think Yahweh deserves all the accolades it has gotten so far. This is the song U2 has been trying to write all those years.
Cheers,
J
Pero said:What is yahweh anyway
Hoodlem said:To the person who said they don't like the word "break" at the end of the song, I feel that no other word would work there. Anyone who knows christian theology or most religions really, knows what that means. To have a "broken heart" does not mean it in the way we usually mean "broken heart". In Christian terms it means to have a broken will. It means to become submissive to the will of God. It means to overcome personal pride. It is nearly equal to and is a part of being "born again".
Without the proper understanding of the religious term "broken heart" that line of the song really makes very little sense.
Hoodlem said:To the person who said they don't like the word "break" at the end of the song, I feel that no other word would work there. Anyone who knows christian theology or most religions really, knows what that means. To have a "broken heart" does not mean it in the way we usually mean "broken heart". In Christian terms it means to have a broken will. It means to become submissive to the will of God. It means to overcome personal pride. It is nearly equal to and is a part of being "born again".
Without the proper understanding of the religious term "broken heart" that line of the song really makes very little sense.
dazzledbylight said:
I'm the one who asked. Thank you for the info......
However, I was a Catholic/Christian for 16 yrs of my early life, had a fabulous teacher in college of World Religions[he was a Quaker], and have continued from time to time to read up on various theological thought over 20 yrs or so-- and I have never heard of 'broken heart' being defined as a metaphor for a 'broken will'/submission to God's will in Christian theology,or any other religion .
Çourse that doesn't mean it isn't true- just surprised in my readings/lectures i've never come across it
Again, of course I know that submission to God's will [or how ever you define Source/Ground of All Being etc] is a major tennent in most relgions. Even Buddhisim whish in some forms has no God [yet there are many depictions in some form of Budhism were gods & demon's are painted etc] has the person's ego submit to something bigger.