Like all masterful works of art, there are layers upon layers upon layers of meaning. And Im not even sure that Bono understood it all when he wrote it himself.
However, after watching them play in Tampa on Saturday...and leading into the song with an absolutely stunning version of "Amazing Grace"....
And his homeland's division among social classes, and Protestant and Catholic...
And his travels to the wretched places of the earth...
And reciting the verse of paradise being a place of no "sorrow or pain"
and a city "High on a Desert Plain" -- quite possibly a reference to (New) Jerusalem
And seeing the tears in peoples eyes...thousands and tens of thousands of them...
Im convinced its about Heaven. Of course the streets will have no name. We will be home, and know exactly where we were...
I know. I got a little taste of it Saturday night at a football stadium.
Like all masterful works of art, there are layers upon layers upon layers of meaning. And Im not even sure that Bono understood it all when he wrote it himself.
However, after watching them play in Tampa on Saturday...and leading into the song with an absolutely stunning version of "Amazing Grace"....
And his homeland's division among social classes, and Protestant and Catholic... And his travels to the wretched places of the earth... And reciting the verse of paradise being a place of no "sorrow or pain" and a city "High on a Desert Plain" -- quite possibly a reference to (New) Jerusalem
And seeing the tears in peoples eyes...thousands and tens of thousands of them...
Im convinced its about Heaven. Of course the streets will have no name. We will be home, and know exactly where we were...
I know. I got a little taste of it Saturday night at a football stadium.