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| U2 – Grace Lyrics
| 19 years ago
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The idea of Grace. Is the idea of the Christain faith - that when we become followers of Christ we are followers by God's Grace so the Grace Bono sings about is the Grace of God to accept us as we are - as opposed to the idea of religion - that we have to earn the way to God which is totally wrong! Though the church gets the two mixed up quite often! Sorry for that! |
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| U2 – The Wanderer Lyrics
| 19 years ago
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It's about God's call on an individual's life. The struggle to do what's right in a wrong world. I would imagine this is autobiographical for Bono! |
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| U2 – Wake Up Dead Man Lyrics
| 19 years ago
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The Dead man is Bono, himself. He's explaining that Spiritually he feels dead sometimes. This is Bono struggling with his faith and telling himself to wake up. It's like Bono the rock star v's Bono the Jesus follower. He's trying to work out what's what! |
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| U2 – Vertigo Lyrics
| 19 years ago
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Wow! horsey!
I think it's easy to criticise Bono coz he's a rock star, like being a rock star makes him automatically an arsehole. As for he should give 80% of his money away - well do you? No exactly - come on!
Anway... this for me is Bono singing about his life in regards to his faith in God. That sometimes with his spiritual life, and anyone's for that matter, he find's himself in a "place called vertigo".
We’re at a place called Vertigo
Lights go down and all I know
Is that you give me something
I can feel your love teaching me how
Your love is teaching me how, how to kneel
It's about God's love |
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| U2 – Yahweh Lyrics
| 19 years ago
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isn't there another song on new album where Bono sings about broken hearts. something about breaking hearts so you could heal them again" another referance to God or Yahweh for me! |
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| U2 – Crumbs From Your Table Lyrics
| 19 years ago
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Bono is quoting a portion from the Bible:
Matthew 15 to be exact see v 27 for the crumbs from your table bit
The Faith of a Canaanite Woman
21And Jesus went away from there and withdrew to the district of Tyre and Sidon. 22And behold, a Canaanite woman from that region came out and was crying, "Have mercy on me, O Lord, Son of David; my daughter is severely oppressed by a demon." 23But he did not answer her a word. And his disciples came and begged him, saying, "Send her away, for she is crying out after us." 24He answered, "I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel." 25But she came and knelt before him, saying, "Lord, help me." 26And he answered, "It is not right to take the children's bread and throw it to the dogs." 27She said, "Yes, Lord, yet even the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their masters' table." 28Then Jesus answered her, "O woman, great is your faith! Be it done for you as you desire." And her daughter was healed instantly.[e] |
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| U2 – If God Will Send His Angels Lyrics
| 19 years ago
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For me it's about that side of Religion (country songs) where people say if God wanted to do something he'd do it himself, or send an angel. Bono is clearly telling us we need to get of our backsides - be the light and the love or as Jesus said a City on a hill should shine - which Bono quotes in Yahweh on the new album |
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| U2 – Even Better Than The Real Thing Lyrics
| 19 years ago
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Someone once told it was a song about the Holy Spirit YEAH THAT GOD STUFF!
As for it being about sex - I'll leave it to my good friend bono who said in priont on 10 Feb, 2002:
"I sometimes think I have a kind of Tourette's syndrome, where if you're not supposed to say something, it becomes very attractive to do so," he once said. "You're in a rock band -- what can't you talk about? God? Okay, here we go. You're supposed to write songs about sex and drugs. Well, no, I won't."
Not about sex coz to quote the man himself "No I won't"! |
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| U2 – Fast Cars Lyrics
| 19 years ago
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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 |
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| Delirious? – White Ribbon Day Lyrics
| 19 years ago
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It's about the situation of violence in Northern Ireland. The people had a quite protest against the violence by wearing white ribbons - much like the AIDS ones - hence White Ribbon Day. |
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| Genesis – The Cinema Show Lyrics
| 19 years ago
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Supposedly the most intelligent Genesis lyric! Until Gabriel's rant at the end. Lyrics by Banks (Obviously!) not the end bit though! Is about the battle of the sexes. Is another mythological song which is where all the refeances come from. |
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| Genesis – Land Of Confusion Lyrics
| 19 years ago
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It's just about how the major world powers seem intent on damaging our world. Think the spitting image / sartirical video to this song says it all. |
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| Genesis – I Can't Dance Lyrics
| 19 years ago
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This is another exampple of Genesis mick take side. It's about the levi's 501 adverts they had on at a time where they'd have some poncy male model just showing off or doing something stupid. These models were put in these adverts coz of they're looks desppite the fact that they couldn't dance act or anything and the only thing they had going for them was the way that they walk. |
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| Genesis – Eleventh Earl Of Mar Lyrics
| 19 years ago
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based on the true story of the 11th earl of mar, who was some imporant person at a young age and a bit of brat with it too! |
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| Genesis – Way Of The World Lyrics
| 19 years ago
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It's a song about disaster's happening coz it's just the way of the world. like mother nature and hurricans and tsunamis (quite poignant) and like people dying of starvation and AIDS in africa mainly because of the debt africa owes to the west. I think most major suffering in the world is caused by ignorance, selfish ambition and the fact people don't care enough about one another... or is just the way of the world. |
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| Genesis – Tonight, Tonight, Tonight Lyrics
| 19 years ago
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Yeah is about someone dealing with their addictions. Monkey referance comes from beatles song can't remember what it's called "everybody's got something to say except for me and my monkey" think it's on white album but can't be sure.
Same referance is in man on the corner. |
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| Genesis – The Lady Lies Lyrics
| 19 years ago
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I'm not sure. It takes it influence from fairy tales of knights fighting dragons ect. I think it is about someone who goes on a quest get's lot in some woods and meets some fair young lady who really is a kind of wicked witch of the west type who is trying to entrap him. Seems like Banks work to me - Genius! |
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| Genesis – The Battle Of Epping Forest Lyrics
| 19 years ago
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May seem a non-sense song Particularly as GAbriel struggled with some of the lyrics. Gabriel apparently heard the story and advertised in a paper to get an eye witness account. No-one replied so he made it up! So is in a way a non-sense song. If it was a film would say it was based on actual events! |
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| Genesis – Domino Lyrics
| 19 years ago
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is a song about the repurcussion over people's action have on other's lives - like a domino! |
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| Genesis – Dodo/Lurker Lyrics
| 19 years ago
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This is a non-sense song. Banks wrote the lyrcis, and said eh wrote them as a rhyme. Much the same the beatles. Did I think it's pure genius. Banks being an excellant lyricist every one assumes that whatever he writes has got to mean something. Hoewever it's just nonsense. |
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| Genesis – Dodo/Lurker Lyrics
| 19 years ago
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This is a non-sense song. Banks wrote it and, if my memory is correct, wrote alot of the lyrcis on the basis that they rthymed. |
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| Genesis – Dodo/Lurker Lyrics
| 19 years ago
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This is a non-sense song. Banks wrote it and, if my memory is correct, wrote alot of the lyrcis on the basis that they rthymed. |
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| Genesis – Congo Lyrics
| 19 years ago
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In my opinion Collins lost it once he left Genesis. Genesis were genius. Banks and Rutherford were genius but Collins in my opinion wasn't. If you listen to interviews with him he always said that he contributed less to genesis than the other two.
Anway...enough of the rant. This is about trying to have your love for someone reciprecated and it being as easy as a trip to the congo. Which if you ever tried - is near enough impossible. Think it's along similar lines as Dire Straits calling elvis - which was about the ease with which you could call back home when touring the states - like calling elvis! |
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| Genesis – Counting Out Time Lyrics
| 19 years ago
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This was written by Gabriel from the Lamb - which was a concept album. He pretty much put a lot of himself and the situation's he was in at that time into Raul. The story goes - Raul want's to kop of with a rather fine young lady - he buy's a sex manual to show him what to do and is then 'Counting out time'! |
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| Genesis – Driving The Last Spike Lyrics
| 19 years ago
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This song is pure genius. It's about Irish immigrants who left they're families and home's to come to England and build the railways. Lyrics by Collins - his best ever in my opinion. |
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| Genesis – Me And Sarah Jane Lyrics
| 19 years ago
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I agree with Trbnado. Though I've never heard anyone from the band say anything about it. Think it is a Banks lyric, think he wrote the music too! |
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| Genesis – Who Dunnit? Lyrics
| 19 years ago
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Actually I think I'm Genesis biggest fan. Check my postings? Well maybe not but I love the genius of Genesis. When I was a student I used listen to them continously. Anway... this is Genesis taking the mick out of punk, they tried to do a kind of punk thing though to me lyrically it's just rubbish
(musically not much better!), but i think that's kinda of the whole idea of it. I presume it was collins idea and not a great one at that! |
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| Genesis – Who Dunnit? Lyrics
| 19 years ago
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Actually I think I'm Genesis biggest fan. Check my postings? Well maybe not but I love the genius of Genesis. When I was a student I used listen to them continously. Anway... this is Genesis taking the mick out of punk, they tried to do a kind of punk thing though to me lyrically it's just rubbish
(musically not much better!), but i think that's kinda of the whole idea of it. I presume it was collins idea and not a great one at that! |
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| Genesis – Visions Of Angels Lyrics
| 19 years ago
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Lyrics were written Anthony Phillips. Apparently, and this is just a rumour though seems quite possible. Phillips was bessoted with Gabriel's wife and had a problem dealing with it because of the band situation. Hence..."Visions of angles all around dance in the sky leaving me here forever goodbye" |
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| Genesis – Supper's Ready Lyrics
| 19 years ago
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This is written by Gabriel. It's about the end of the world. Most obvious source is the book of revelation from the Bible. Many religious refernces in it. Was inspired by an incident at a party where Gabriel's then wife was put in a trance of something by some guy - can't remember his name. Anthony something? I think he produced Trespass. Anway however he was he was quite closely connected to the band. Gabriel was apparently freaked out by the whole event and so wrote this song. |
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| Genesis – No Son Of Mine Lyrics
| 19 years ago
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This is a song about child abuse - the need to deal with your experiences and an abused child growing up and dealing with those experiences and trying to sort out and fathom the realationship with the abuser - here a parent - so there's a love / hate thing going on |
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| Genesis – Mama Lyrics
| 19 years ago
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See my posting on anything she does.
This is nice British rock band writing a song about a relationship with a prostitute.... and people think Genesis are boring and staightlaced? |
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| Genesis – Anything She Does Lyrics
| 19 years ago
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This is great song! I'll show you what i mean. This is Genesis in their micky tacking having a laugh with a song mode. This is about drulling over and daydreaming about the topless models that started to pop up in the British tabloids at that time eg Sun! Read the lyrics and you'll see what I mean. Mama is another example of this. |
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| Genesis – Blood On The Rooftops Lyrics
| 19 years ago
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Genesis lyrics are quite easy to work out esp. 70's songs. Generally up until Duke / Abacad time Genesis wrote stuff about greek and other ancient mythologies. Seems a bit ludicrous know looking back. I think they did this for several reasons - It seemed the habit of the day with the 70's prog rock bands. Tony Banks studied mythology (not sure of the exact title) at (I think?) Brighton Uni. Also I think it's quite easy to write songs about weird stuff like mythology, particularly for Genesis in that era as they didn't write anyting lovey dovey till follow you, follow me. However this song's lyrics are by Collins. Think this was his first lyrics he wrote entirely by himself (Hackett wrote the music!). Collins doesn't do the Banks and Gabriel lyrical thing so personally I think the lyrics meaning wise are a load of twaddle, much like Lurker (actually written by Banks!). It's just Collins mussings on life - line's aren't really connected. Lyrics are very much English (quintessentaily English - as i'd put it. Which originated with the Beatles. |
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