Lyric discussion by seamoraine 

This song is a great metaphor for the fact that the things that are worth attaining, are also the hardest to earn. To make any real progress, and to realize the significance of your goal, you have to experience difficulty.

This is pretty much what it is. You can all say it's about partying because Bono made a joke but, "It's not a hill it's a mountain as you start out the climb" what in the blue blazes does that have to do with partying? If you take everything so literally from the source of where it came I'd hate to see how you decide on who you're voting for come election day. Thank you seamoraine for making sense.

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