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Shake! Shake!
Don't go
I believe in a celebration
I believe you set me free
I believe you can loose this chains
I believe you can dance with me
Dance with me
Shake! Shake!
Shake! Shake!
I believe in the third world war
I believe in the atomic bomb
I believe in the powers that be
But they won't overpower me
And, and you can go there too
And, and you can go go go go
Shake! Shake!
Shake! Shake!
And we dance out of time
And everything goes 'round and 'round
And we don't have the time
To watch the world go tumbling down
Go! Go!
I believe in the bells of Christchurch
Ringing for this land
I believe in the cells of Mount joy
There's an honest man
And, and you can go there too
And, and you can go go go go
I believe in the walls of Jericho
I believe they're coming down
I believe in this city's children
I believe the trumpet's sound
And you can go there too
And you can go go go go.
I believe in what I'm doing
What am I doing here.
Don't go
I believe in a celebration
I believe you set me free
I believe you can loose this chains
I believe you can dance with me
Dance with me
Shake! Shake!
Shake! Shake!
I believe in the third world war
I believe in the atomic bomb
I believe in the powers that be
But they won't overpower me
And, and you can go there too
And, and you can go go go go
Shake! Shake!
Shake! Shake!
And we dance out of time
And everything goes 'round and 'round
And we don't have the time
To watch the world go tumbling down
Go! Go!
I believe in the bells of Christchurch
Ringing for this land
I believe in the cells of Mount joy
There's an honest man
And, and you can go there too
And, and you can go go go go
I believe in the walls of Jericho
I believe they're coming down
I believe in this city's children
I believe the trumpet's sound
And you can go there too
And you can go go go go.
I believe in what I'm doing
What am I doing here.
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Here's my best take on the song:
The main focus on the song is Irish protest. Christchurch is the oldest cathedral in Dublin, and the seat of the archbishop of the Church of Ireland (Anglican) but is officially recognized as the seat of the Roman Catholic bishop, who is physically located at St. Mary's. "I believe in the bells of Christchurch" could be either way, Catholic or Protestant. But "ringing for this land signifies a unified Ireland.
I think the lines about Mountjoy are pretty bold. I think the actual line is "I believe in the cells of Mountjoy there's an honest man." I believe it refers to the hunger strikes. Mountjoy is an infamous prison in Dublin. Thomas Ashe, founder of the Irish Volunteers died there on hunger strike during the Irish Revolution. He was the inspriation for the IRA hunger strikes in which Bobby Sands died in 1981 at Long Kesh.
The real force comes at the end of the song where Bono refers to Mountjoy and then sings "and you.. can go there too.. and you can go there too.."
The "Shake, Shake" goes along with the trumpet sound, which refers to the trumpets the Lord commanded the people to blow to bring down the walls of Jericho in the Bible (see Joshua 6:1-26).