In regards to the meaning of this song:
Before a live performance on the EP Five Stories Falling, Geoff states “It’s about the last time I went to visit my grandmother in Columbus, and I saw that she was dying and it was the last time I was going to see her. It is about realizing how young you are, but how quickly you can go.”
That’s the thing about Geoff and his sublime poetry, you think it’s about one thing, but really it’s about something entirely different. But the lyrics are still universal and omnipresent, ubiquitous, even. So relatable. That’s one thing I love about this band. I also love their live performances, raw energy and Geoff’s beautiful, imperfectly perfect vocals. His voice soothes my aching soul.
My cell is ringing
No ID
I need to know who's calling
My garden's overgrown
I go out on my belly crawling
I got CCTV, pornography, CNBC
I got the nightly news
To get to know the enemy
All I want is a picture of you
All I want is to get right next to you
All I want is your face in a locket
Picture in my pocket
I take a pill to stop it
I know these fast cars
Will do me no good
I'm going nowhere
Where I am it is a lot of fun
There in the desert to dismantle an atomic bomb
I watch you shadow box
Check the stocks
I'm in detox
I want the lot of what you've got
What you've got can make this stop
All I want is a picture of you
All I want is to get right next to you
All I want is your picture in a locket
Your face in my pocket
Take a pill to stop it
I know these fast cars
Will do me no good
Child inside
Don't you worry 'bout your mind
Don't you worry 'bout your mind
Don't you worry 'bout your mind
Don't you worry 'bout your mind
You should worry 'bout the day
That the pain it goes away
You know I miss mine sometimes
The size is much too big
There is no fiction
That will truly fit the situation
I'm documenting every detail
Every conversation
Not used to talkin' to somebody in the body
Somebody in a body,
Somebody in a body
No ID
I need to know who's calling
My garden's overgrown
I go out on my belly crawling
I got CCTV, pornography, CNBC
I got the nightly news
To get to know the enemy
All I want is a picture of you
All I want is to get right next to you
All I want is your face in a locket
Picture in my pocket
I take a pill to stop it
I know these fast cars
Will do me no good
I'm going nowhere
Where I am it is a lot of fun
There in the desert to dismantle an atomic bomb
I watch you shadow box
Check the stocks
I'm in detox
I want the lot of what you've got
What you've got can make this stop
All I want is a picture of you
All I want is to get right next to you
All I want is your picture in a locket
Your face in my pocket
Take a pill to stop it
I know these fast cars
Will do me no good
Child inside
Don't you worry 'bout your mind
Don't you worry 'bout your mind
Don't you worry 'bout your mind
Don't you worry 'bout your mind
You should worry 'bout the day
That the pain it goes away
You know I miss mine sometimes
The size is much too big
There is no fiction
That will truly fit the situation
I'm documenting every detail
Every conversation
Not used to talkin' to somebody in the body
Somebody in a body,
Somebody in a body
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why do so many people hate this song. its brillant. i think that this is "how to dismantle an atomic bomb's" version of wild honey.(which kicked ass!)
i don't hate the song. i just think it would have been better off as a b-side to one of the singles released. and wild honey is a good song. someone said adam described it as a "throwaway" but i think its fantastic. but bill the pny, don't you agree it might be a good song but just doesn't fit with the rest of the songs. it's out on the fringe. and if you're passionate about u2 don't go on vertigo where a dude called viro (who doesn't evenn like u2 is raising a storm) and he's a little crazy. he's got a bee in his bonnet about bono in particular.
well i love this song. although the lyrics don't look brilhant the beat is outstanding! i have to say that i even like the lyrics. for me this song is about ordinary problems, everyday stress that you can only solve when you can get next to a person you specially care. Fast cars...well i don't know...the adrenalin you get when you racing your sport car...forgetting your problems..racing to get to the person you love?
anyway its a relax song that don't give too much to think just feel it!
For me this song is defenetly a description of what live looks like in a HIGH speed world were livving in. About impressions u get on a day filled with MTV, CNN and all modern communication oppertunitys. And at the end our BONO gives us a free advise about whats REALY importand. with other words OPEN URE EYES The Music of this song fits the meaning very well. not only its fast. It also has a very MULTICUTIRAL sound. influances of the middle east and HIP HOP it reminds me also of srg. peper's lonly heartclubs band . I have just 1 importand question. WHY THE HELL IS THIS GENEIUS SONG NOT ON THE EUROPEAN ALBUM??????????
Heard this song live in Toronto on the opening night of the 3rd leg of the Vertigo Tour and it was 5 times better live and I love it on the album !!!
First time ever played live and I was front row to hear it !!!
this is such a good song and i think it fits HTDAAB
The worst U2 song ever
But why comic book guy? Why? This is actually one of my favorite songs on the new CD. I love the beat. I don't really know what it's about, but I still love it.
I rekon it's a song about all the excesses of the west and the fact that these - fast cars - don't do us any good! For me it rocks (the whole album does for me!) and I love the fact that U2 do a U2 album then you have a totally unexpected spanish guitar type song. Genius
i think this song doesn't fit with the rest of the album's theme. it was only included in europe like "the ground beneath..." was on ATYCLB