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See through in the sunlight
She wore lemon
But never in the daylight
She's gonna make you cry
She's gonna make you whisper and moan
And when you're dry
She draws her water from the stone
And I feel
Like I'm slowly, slowly, slowly slipping under
And I feel
Like I'm holding onto nothing
She wore lemon
To color in the cold grey night
She had heaven
And she held on so tight
A man makes a picture
A moving picture
Through the light projected
He can see himself up close
A man captures color
A man likes to stare
He turns his money into light to look for her
And I feel
Like I'm drifting, drifting, drifting from the shore
And I feel
Like I'm swimming out to her
Midnight is where the day begins
Midnight is where the day begins
Midnight is where the day begins
Lemon
See through in the sunlight
A man builds a city
With banks and cathedrals
A man melts the sand so he can
See the world outside
Her there
A man makes a car
Destination
And builds roads to run them on
A man dreams of leaving
But he always stays behind
And these are the days
When our work has come asunder
And these are the days
When we look for something other
Midnight is where the day begins
Midnight is where the day begins
Midnight is where the day begins
Midnight is where the day begins
Midnight is where the day begins
Midnight is where the day begins
Midnight is where the day begins
Midnight is where the day begins
Midnight is where the day begins
Midnight is where the day begins
A man makes a picture
A moving picture
Through the light projected
He can see himself up close
Her there
A man captures color
Destination
A man likes to stare
There
He turns his money into light
To look for her
She is the dreamer
She's imagination
Through the light projected
He can see himself up close
She wore lemon
But never in the daylight
She's gonna make you cry
She's gonna make you whisper and moan
And when you're dry
She draws her water from the stone
And I feel
Like I'm slowly, slowly, slowly slipping under
And I feel
Like I'm holding onto nothing
She wore lemon
To color in the cold grey night
She had heaven
And she held on so tight
A man makes a picture
A moving picture
Through the light projected
He can see himself up close
A man captures color
A man likes to stare
He turns his money into light to look for her
And I feel
Like I'm drifting, drifting, drifting from the shore
And I feel
Like I'm swimming out to her
Midnight is where the day begins
Midnight is where the day begins
Midnight is where the day begins
Lemon
See through in the sunlight
A man builds a city
With banks and cathedrals
A man melts the sand so he can
See the world outside
Her there
A man makes a car
Destination
And builds roads to run them on
A man dreams of leaving
But he always stays behind
And these are the days
When our work has come asunder
And these are the days
When we look for something other
Midnight is where the day begins
Midnight is where the day begins
Midnight is where the day begins
Midnight is where the day begins
Midnight is where the day begins
Midnight is where the day begins
Midnight is where the day begins
Midnight is where the day begins
Midnight is where the day begins
Midnight is where the day begins
A man makes a picture
A moving picture
Through the light projected
He can see himself up close
Her there
A man captures color
Destination
A man likes to stare
There
He turns his money into light
To look for her
She is the dreamer
She's imagination
Through the light projected
He can see himself up close
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Another example is this:
Lemon:
"You're gonna meet her there
She's your destination
You gotta get to her
She's imagination"
Mysterious ways:
"She's the way - She turns the tide
She sees a man, inside the child
Yeah"
It seems that she has a power that the protagonist tries to reach or find.
Both songs deals with lust and how to deal with its consequences. Lemon has a more a Brian Eno feel over it than Mysterious Ways. "Lemon - see through in the sunlight" refers to, if I am right, to Bono´s mother´s dress, a yellow dress that sunlight shines through. My favourite part is when the liquid piano kicks in after about one minute and Bono goes from falsetto to his usual tenor. Lemon is a great track, with alot in it.
Okay maybe not.
To me the lyric seems to be about limitation of modern civilization. Especially with the part :
A man makes a picture - a moving picture
Through light projected he can see himself up close
A man captures colour - a man likes to stare
He turns his money into light to look for her
[Gotta meet her there - she's your destination]
[There's no sleeping there - she's imagination]
She is the dreamer - she's imagination
Through the light projected he can see himself up close
I thought the "male" in this song symbolized things like "logic" or "machine" and "she" represents something spiritual.
"She draws water from a stone"// I believe Bono is talking about his heart and about his tears eventhough he acts tough :(
Very poetic and sad, poor Bono :(