Lyrics for A Day Without Me as interpreted by archmastermind

A Day Without Me Lyrics
I'm starting a landslide in my ego
Look from the outside to the world I left behind
I'm dreaming, you're awake
If I were sleeping, what's at stake?
A day without me

Whatever feelings I've been feeling
What are the feelings you left behind?

Today's a day without me

I started a landslide in my ego
Look from the outside to the world I left behind
In the world I left behind
Wipe your eyes and then let go
To the world I left behind
Shed a tear and then let go

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elwyn5150
10-15-2002

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I'm pretty sure the line "If I were sleeping, what's at stake?" is "If Alison's sleeping, what's at stake?" refering to Bono's childhood sweetheart/wife Ali.

I've heard this song is from the perspective of someone who has committed suicide.

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u2elevation
04-05-2003

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Yeah, I heard that Bono wrote this song when he was in his teen years when he was comtemplating over the idea that "would it really matter if i committed suicide?" Well anyway I really like the song.

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Uncle Chop Chop
11-23-2004

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Yep, i have read (and it is somewhat obvious) that it is about suicide and think about what it would be like if he was gone.

Good song.

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irishprincess
02-04-2005

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i read in an early interview that the song was written about the suicide of Ian Curtis. Ian Curtis was the lead singer of Joy Division who later became new Order.

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MiracleDrug
04-01-2005

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What a great song, its a great early example of that classic atmospheric sound of U2's. I really enjoy listening to it.

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eirenightshade
12-29-2005

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To me, this song represents a somewhat skewed and childlike curiosity of how the world would move on without the lyricist in it. Clearly it reflects thoughts of suicide, but it seems like an innocent curiosity rather than a hardcore vision. When we're teenagers, most of us go through a period where we wonder what our significance is in the world we live in and "A Day Without Me" sort of reflects that.

The line "I started a landslide in my ego", to me at least, signifies that Bono is writing about how people often lead themselves to believe that they have a great purpose in life and because most of us at a young age feel as if we have some great role to fill in our life, this song is asking the innocent and simple question...If I were to exit the Earth right now; would the world even notice I'd gone or would it still go on as if nothing had happened?

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love2zworld
02-05-2006

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I'm starting a landslide in my ego ......i think its the realisation that not everything is about you and you affect everyone around...so you need to "Look from the outside to the world I left behind" look and see what your doing to the people around you

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quiffporn
10-30-2006

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irishprincess is right, this about Ian Curtis.

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golightly
12-24-2006

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I think its from the perspective from someone who is thinking or already has committed suicide ' looked from the outside to a world I left behind'.

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rager1969
03-01-2007

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I, too, heard (over twenty years ago) that Bono wrote it after Ian Curtis' suicide in May 1980, but since they recorded a demo of it in the summer of 1979 (almost made it onto the U2-3 EP), it can't be true.

It is about suicide, according to Bono. I think "landslide in my ego" refers to losing all self worth (it's about suicide, remember?)

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Rebirth120505
03-21-2007

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I don't think of this song as a suicide song at all. To me it's about transcending yourself. It's about overcoming ego. The "landslide in my ego", to me anyway, signifies a crumbling of the value we put on ourselves, the self-absorbancy that our society promotes and most of us fall victim to. It's about getting out of yourself, then focusing on God's will and serving others. And looking back at yourself and both laughing and crying at the world you left behind. The world of "self". Crying because you wasted so much time worrying about yourself and laughing because you realize how silly it all was. Then moving on without the "me", without the constant focus on "self". Every once in a while, I experience "A Day Without Me", a day when God just seems to carry me and the next right thing to do just seems so natural. A day when I don't get all caught up with my own petty concerns and others take priority. To me, that's what this song is about.

That's what this song means to me.

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Boomshine
02-12-2008

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Day_Without_Me

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Mentat
02-28-2008

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This reminds me of a Sunday when I was twelve years old... my bedroom was very dark and for some reason I simply did not wake up until 7pm. The family had had an entire "day without me" but I was quite annoyed because I had school the following morning.

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Correction!
05-09-2008

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THE SONG IS ABOUT IAN CURTIS. It was written after Ian Curtis committed suicide. PERIOD. NO MORE WORTHLESS INTERPRETATIONS THAT IS WHAT THE SONG IS ABOUT.

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Shewboy
10-11-2008

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I agree with the perspective of committing suicide

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Tnspieler1012
02-13-2009

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I agree with the general consensus about suicide and "Would anything change if I wasn't around."

Because of the themes of innocence, and childlike nature of the song and the album. Whenever I hear this song I think of a little 8 year old kid who is contemplating running away from home. Sort of fits the light, cheery sound of the track, even if it's ultimately expressing something more serious.

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