@[Diderik:33655] "Your a holiday!" Was a popular term used in the 50s/60s to compliment someone on their all around. For example, not only are they beautiful, but they are fun and kind too ... just an all around "holiday".
I think your first comment is closer to being accurate. The singer/song writers state "Millions of eyes can see, yet why am i so blind!? When the someone else is me, its unkind its unkind". I believe hes referring to the girl toying with him and using him. He wants something deeper with her, thats why he allows himself to be as a puppet (even though for her fun and games) as long as it makes her happy. But he knows deep down that she doesnt really want to be serious with him and thats what makes him.
In the days
When we were swinging from the trees
I was a monkey
Stealing honey from a swarm of bees
I could taste
I could taste you even then
And I would chase you down the wind
You could go there if you please
Wild honey
And if you go there, go with me
Wild honey
Did I know you?
Did I know you even then?
Before the clocks kept time
Before the world was made
From the cruel sun
You were shelter
You were my shelter and my shade
If you go there with me
Wild honey
You can do just what you please
Wild honey
Yeah, just blowing in the breeze
Wild honey
Wild, wild, wild
I'm still standing, I'm still standing
Where you left me
Are you still growing wild
With everything tame around you?
I send you flowers
Cut flowers for your hall
I know your garden is full
But is there sweetness at all?
Oh oh oh
If you go there go with me
Wild honey
Won't you take me, take me please
Wild honey
Yeah, swinging through the trees
Wild honey
Wild, wild, wild
When we were swinging from the trees
I was a monkey
Stealing honey from a swarm of bees
I could taste
I could taste you even then
And I would chase you down the wind
You could go there if you please
Wild honey
And if you go there, go with me
Wild honey
Did I know you?
Did I know you even then?
Before the clocks kept time
Before the world was made
From the cruel sun
You were shelter
You were my shelter and my shade
If you go there with me
Wild honey
You can do just what you please
Wild honey
Yeah, just blowing in the breeze
Wild honey
Wild, wild, wild
I'm still standing, I'm still standing
Where you left me
Are you still growing wild
With everything tame around you?
I send you flowers
Cut flowers for your hall
I know your garden is full
But is there sweetness at all?
Oh oh oh
If you go there go with me
Wild honey
Won't you take me, take me please
Wild honey
Yeah, swinging through the trees
Wild honey
Wild, wild, wild
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samseasonal got it right. This song is about God. If you know anything about U2, you know that all of their songs are about God, even if tangentially.
This song uses the origins of humanity to explore the human awareness of God, including the idea that our modern 'tameness' may not be exactly what God would want for us, echoing C.S. Lewis' view that God [Aslan] is not a tame lion, but he is good. Good, but not tame, is the key to this song, and awakens that within us which is good, but desires to not be so tamed. This part of us may be the part that is the most aware of God.
RIGHT<br /> <br /> Understanding the beauty of nature is understanding our sense of the connection we have with all of life. Life, and how it has evolved on Earth, is the most beautiful dance God could have ever shown us. Wild honey.
could be wrong but im pretty sure this is their one and only song about sex on the album
good thoughts above on this one. i would probably venture to say this is not about sex, but about God. i think it is pondering a relationship with God through the history of the world, going back through evolution (maybe, "I was a monkey"), and before creation ("before the world was made"). "you were my shelter and my shade" is very much biblical language, as is the mention of the oppression of the sun ("cruel sun"). John the baptist was known to eat "wild field honey" as is referred to in Mark 1:6 (according to The Message, the bible translation Bono uses). although, the imagery of "garden" is used in the Song of Songs as a sexual metaphor, i think "your garden" is most likely meaning Eden. just some ideas.
This is a good old-fashioned summertime jam. Love it.
"Are you still growing wild with everything tame around you?" feels like they're kinda' growing up and he's wondering if she's still the same free-spirit she used to be. If she held onto that. And if she does, if she goes there, he wants a taste of it, too.
Such a beautiful chorus. For some reason it reminds me of the Christian pop music I used to hear at my contemporary church camp. Idk maybe it’s the chords and the key of the song. Regardless, it’s a wonderful tune that every U2 should listen to.
Personally, I really like this song. I know it's one of their 'throw-away' songs on that album(as bassist Adam Clayton put it), but still, it's pretty. It's an innocent song, and I love Edge's harmony, and the guitar!
one of the best one's on "All that you can't leave behind"
It's my least favorite U2 song, next to "Sweetest Thing". I really dislike it but still love U2. I forgive them of this sin.
"deathbear", this song is NOT a sin. far from it. and "golgotha" the lyrics printed are correct. your "could flowers thaw your heart" are imaginative but sadly false. and if this is a "throwaway" song it's the best i've heard.
I must admit I like this song, next to In a little while. If you ask me it is a great over looked song on the album and to me relates to the traditional relationship between a man and a woman.