the first verse is obviously about christ.
one man come in the name of love-obvious
one man come and go-obvious
one man come, he to justify-christ justifying us to god
one man to overthrow- christ to overthrow evil
the next is about those who betrayed christ or god.
the barbed wire fence is a metaphor for the struggle over what to believe for judas...should i betray jesus?
one man he resist, jonah rose upto flee ...from the face of the lord. and he was thrown to the sea... and then spat upon the dry earth (empty beach)
so the first line refers to judas, the second and third to jonah and finally the fourth back to judas as he betrayed christ with a kiss.
One man caught on a barbed wire fence-judas struggling over the decision to betray christ
One man he resist-jonah resisting to word of the lord
One man washed on an empty beach-jonah spat from the fish onto the dry earth
One man betrayed with a kiss-judas betraying christ
i think that this all fits together because god and christ have had struggles with those who have not been ready to accept them, or feared them.
MLK Jr. had the same struggles and i think that it symbolizes the similarities, and rises MLK to st. status, as Bono has ended the song with before.
so if you look at it this way
first verse about christ
second about those who resist or challenge
third about the death of MLK
i think that it makes a lot of sense...even if my explanation is somewhat cluttered and not referenced
the first verse is obviously about christ. one man come in the name of love-obvious one man come and go-obvious one man come, he to justify-christ justifying us to god one man to overthrow- christ to overthrow evil
the next is about those who betrayed christ or god. the barbed wire fence is a metaphor for the struggle over what to believe for judas...should i betray jesus? one man he resist, jonah rose upto flee ...from the face of the lord. and he was thrown to the sea... and then spat upon the dry earth (empty beach) so the first line refers to judas, the second and third to jonah and finally the fourth back to judas as he betrayed christ with a kiss. One man caught on a barbed wire fence-judas struggling over the decision to betray christ One man he resist-jonah resisting to word of the lord One man washed on an empty beach-jonah spat from the fish onto the dry earth One man betrayed with a kiss-judas betraying christ
i think that this all fits together because god and christ have had struggles with those who have not been ready to accept them, or feared them. MLK Jr. had the same struggles and i think that it symbolizes the similarities, and rises MLK to st. status, as Bono has ended the song with before.
so if you look at it this way first verse about christ second about those who resist or challenge third about the death of MLK i think that it makes a lot of sense...even if my explanation is somewhat cluttered and not referenced