I see Pride as being about the pain that two of the most important people ever to walk the earth had to endure in the name of love.
Christ died because he loved mankind so much he took the sins of the world on himself and died on the cross so that we would be saved.
He did it in the name of love. Love for man. Regardless of their faults.
The reference to the barbed wire fence is, in my mind, the way that he kept going forward trying to save us, although the pain of doing so meant his persecution and death. If you take it metaphorically. If you were literally caught in a barbed wire fence and tried to keep going you would be cut and hurt but when you made it out of the fence you would be free. He is caught on the fence.
One man he resist... is resiting the temptations of the devil when the devil tried to tempt him. It's in the bible.
The song is obviously about MLK too, who was killed because he tried to unite the world of black and white. Regardless of the faults of both black and white peoople.
He died because he gave his life to others, as Christ did and he was murdered for it. He was killed in the name of love.
Both Christ and MLK were defiant and proud to die for what they believed in. Which was the unity of the World.
What more in the name of love... is reference to how many more people like Christ and MLK, who try to free mankind must die...in the name of love.
Great song.
The whole Joshua tree album is about faith and there are many references to christ such as in ISHFWILF. Carried the cross...I believe in the Kingdom come...
The song is about Christ and MLK.
Songs mean different things to different people.
I see Pride as being about the pain that two of the most important people ever to walk the earth had to endure in the name of love.
Christ died because he loved mankind so much he took the sins of the world on himself and died on the cross so that we would be saved.
He did it in the name of love. Love for man. Regardless of their faults.
The reference to the barbed wire fence is, in my mind, the way that he kept going forward trying to save us, although the pain of doing so meant his persecution and death. If you take it metaphorically. If you were literally caught in a barbed wire fence and tried to keep going you would be cut and hurt but when you made it out of the fence you would be free. He is caught on the fence.
One man he resist... is resiting the temptations of the devil when the devil tried to tempt him. It's in the bible.
The song is obviously about MLK too, who was killed because he tried to unite the world of black and white. Regardless of the faults of both black and white peoople.
He died because he gave his life to others, as Christ did and he was murdered for it. He was killed in the name of love.
Both Christ and MLK were defiant and proud to die for what they believed in. Which was the unity of the World.
What more in the name of love... is reference to how many more people like Christ and MLK, who try to free mankind must die...in the name of love.
Great song.
The whole Joshua tree album is about faith and there are many references to christ such as in ISHFWILF. Carried the cross...I believe in the Kingdom come...