such a good song, definitely one of U2's best. haunting lyrics, beautiful guitar, and, like with or without you, the song builds to a climax which reaches its peak when bono sings "stay" for the last time...
this song has, for me, always been about a man who is deeply in love with a woman who's in an abusive relationship with another man. the angel who hits the ground at the song's conclusion is the woman who has fallen, not necessarily dead, but she has once again been thrown to the ground by her abusive lover and must pick herself up again.
"And if you look, you look through me
And when you talk, you talk at me
And when I touch you, you don't feel a thing"
here the man says that the woman he is desperately in love with doesn't know he's alive. no matter how much he tries to talk to her, she doesn't notice. (faraway, so close...)
i have seen the filmclip aswell, and though i understand the song was written with the story of guardian angels in mind, when i hear the song its never about angels. to me, bono's voice has never been heavenly, but so genuinely human, so soulful, so comforting, and you know that he means every word he sings. the sound of the soul has been tragically neglected in a large majority of today'#######, yet in U2, it lives on...
such a good song, definitely one of U2's best. haunting lyrics, beautiful guitar, and, like with or without you, the song builds to a climax which reaches its peak when bono sings "stay" for the last time...
this song has, for me, always been about a man who is deeply in love with a woman who's in an abusive relationship with another man. the angel who hits the ground at the song's conclusion is the woman who has fallen, not necessarily dead, but she has once again been thrown to the ground by her abusive lover and must pick herself up again.
"And if you look, you look through me And when you talk, you talk at me And when I touch you, you don't feel a thing"
here the man says that the woman he is desperately in love with doesn't know he's alive. no matter how much he tries to talk to her, she doesn't notice. (faraway, so close...)
i have seen the filmclip aswell, and though i understand the song was written with the story of guardian angels in mind, when i hear the song its never about angels. to me, bono's voice has never been heavenly, but so genuinely human, so soulful, so comforting, and you know that he means every word he sings. the sound of the soul has been tragically neglected in a large majority of today'#######, yet in U2, it lives on...