Single Greatest Line Of Any U2 Song - Page 7

danondorf · 04-04-2008, 02:58 AM

These resonated with me the most:

"September, streets capsizing
Spilling over down the drains
Shards of glass, splinters like rain
But you could only feel your own pain

October, talk getting nowhere
November... December... remember
Are we just starting again? "

I remember when 9/11 happened this was all I could think about.....And when I saw U2 in November 2001 (Los Angeles); Bono and The Edge, they performed an acoustic performance of Please, it was just mesmerizing (and eerie).

I remember Bono even made a comment about the song being relevant today because of what had happened or something to that effect....

wendi · 04-11-2008, 12:28 PM

summer rain "when you stop taking chances you stay where you sit,you won't live any longer but it will feel like it" and
"it's not why your running,it's where your going,it's not what your dreaming but what your gonna do.It's not where your born,it's where you belong.It's not how weak but what will make you strong"

last unicorn · 04-12-2008, 10:05 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by wendi
summer rain "when you stop taking chances you stay where you sit,you won't live any longer but it will feel like it" and
"it's not why your running,it's where your going,it's not what your dreaming but what your gonna do.It's not where your born,it's where you belong.It's not how weak but what will make you strong"

I totally LOVE the lyrics of Summer Rain, it's such an underappreciated song. "If you stop seeing beauty you start growing old/The lines on your face are a map to your soul". So true.

popacrobat · 04-19-2008, 01:06 AM

this line / verse is my absolute favorite

you want heaven in your heart
but you take what you can get
'cause it's all that you can find
but you know there's something more
but tonight, tonight, tonight

bonojr62 · 04-20-2008, 10:18 PM

You know your chewing bubble gum
You know what that is but you still want some
Cause you just can't get enough
of that lovey dovey stuff.

EdgeIsTooSexy · 04-23-2008, 08:18 PM

you can hold onto something so tight youve all ready lost it

Jenn121 · 05-01-2008, 07:31 PM

I remember
When we could sleep on stones
Now we lie together
In whispers and moans
When I was all messed up
And I had opera in my head
Your love was a light bulb
Hanging over my bed

and

I want to tear down the walls that hold me inside.

kassandra · 05-01-2008, 10:08 PM

As you enter this life
I pray you depart
With a wrinkled face
And a brand new heart

Odd Sponge Out · 06-05-2008, 10:50 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by luna_lovegood

you got to cry without weeping
talk without speaking
scream without raising your voice...

man, I get chills very time!

Oh my. Same.

Chill Mike D · 06-13-2008, 12:45 AM

Big Girls are Best should have had some of his ballsiest lyrics but he pulled the punches.

DaveC · 06-14-2008, 06:29 PM

I'm sure it's already been said, but "love is blindness, I don't want to see" is a pretty brilliant line. I'll think of some more.

lew07 · 07-10-2008, 01:53 AM

its hard to pick...but the first 2 that come to mind are:

Love makes no sense of space and time-miracle drug

when you hold on to something so tight you've already lost it-dirty day

DreamOutLoud13 · 07-14-2008, 02:51 AM

I'm sure I'll come back with a huge list of my favourites, but for now I'll go with my #1, which hasn't been mentioned yet in the thread:

And I, like a firework explode
Roman candle lightning lights up the sky

Simply stunningly beautiful.

LemonMelon · 07-14-2008, 12:53 PM

She's gonna dream up the world she wants to live in
She's gonna dream out loud

Cooper_Pariah · 07-20-2008, 04:00 PM

Mercy had some really good lyrics, (although most of the verses suck, I mean the water and telescope line? WTF?!) But my favorite line from any song, (not just any U2 song) is:

Love is justice, not charity.
Love brings with it clarity

More from Mercy:

I'm rippin' the stitches
You got two hands to rub
I'm in the ditches
Of someone else's love
Love is when I lie
Love puts the blue back in my eye
Love will come again
I'll be gone again...

From Like a Song...

Angry words won't stop the fight.
Two wrongs won't make it right.
A new heart is what I need,
Oh God, make it bleed,
Is there nothing left?

and from Love Is Blindness:

Love is clockworks and cold steel
Fingers too numb to feel.

07-14-2008, 02:51 AM	#103
DreamOutLoud13 Chass Onion Premium Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Hell For Certain, Kentucky Posts: 9,837 Local Time: 09:47 PM	I'm sure I'll come back with a huge list of my favourites, but for now I'll go with my #1, which hasn't been mentioned yet in the thread: And I, like a firework explode Roman candle lightning lights up the sky Simply stunningly beautiful. __________________ ... Got no boundaries, and no limits If there's excitement, put me in it If it's against the law, arrest me If you can handle it, undress me

07-14-2008, 12:53 PM	#104
LemonMelon Best guitar player in U2 Premium Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Outer space, and I'm not coming down until I've taken a slice of the moon Posts: 22,364 Local Time: 10:47 PM	She's gonna dream up the world she wants to live in She's gonna dream out loud __________________ A thesis paper regarding the pressing issue of whether or not Coldplay rips off U2

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04-04-2008, 02:58 AM	#91
danondorf The Fly Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 123 Local Time: 02:47 AM	These resonated with me the most: "September, streets capsizing Spilling over down the drains Shards of glass, splinters like rain But you could only feel your own pain October, talk getting nowhere November... December... remember Are we just starting again? " I remember when 9/11 happened this was all I could think about.....And when I saw U2 in November 2001 (Los Angeles); Bono and The Edge, they performed an acoustic performance of Please, it was just mesmerizing (and eerie). I remember Bono even made a comment about the song being relevant today because of what had happened or something to that effect....

04-11-2008, 12:28 PM	#92
wendi The Fly Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: uk Posts: 119 Local Time: 03:47 AM	summer rain "when you stop taking chances you stay where you sit,you won't live any longer but it will feel like it" and "it's not why your running,it's where your going,it's not what your dreaming but what your gonna do.It's not where your born,it's where you belong.It's not how weak but what will make you strong"

04-19-2008, 01:06 AM	#94
popacrobat Rock n' Roll Doggie Band-aid Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 4,961 Local Time: 10:47 PM	this line / verse is my absolute favorite you want heaven in your heart but you take what you can get 'cause it's all that you can find but you know there's something more but tonight, tonight, tonight

04-20-2008, 10:18 PM	#95
bonojr62 Refugee Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: The last night on earth Posts: 2,032 Local Time: 10:47 PM	You know your chewing bubble gum You know what that is but you still want some Cause you just can't get enough of that lovey dovey stuff.

04-23-2008, 08:18 PM	#96
EdgeIsTooSexy Rock n' Roll Doggie FOB Join Date: May 2007 Location: Hoping to play guitar with U2 on stage, [NOW LONG ISLAND] Posts: 8,559 Local Time: 09:47 PM	you can hold onto something so tight youve all ready lost it

05-01-2008, 07:31 PM	#97
Jenn121 The Fly Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Boston, MA Posts: 205 Local Time: 10:47 PM	I remember When we could sleep on stones Now we lie together In whispers and moans When I was all messed up And I had opera in my head Your love was a light bulb Hanging over my bed and I want to tear down the walls that hold me inside.

05-01-2008, 10:08 PM	#98
kassandra Acrobat Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: ummm, look up there^ Posts: 379 Local Time: 10:47 PM	As you enter this life I pray you depart With a wrinkled face And a brand new heart

06-13-2008, 12:45 AM	#100
Chill Mike D The Fly Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 196 Local Time: 10:47 PM	Big Girls are Best should have had some of his ballsiest lyrics but he pulled the punches.

06-14-2008, 06:29 PM	#101
DaveC ONE love, blood, life Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: not philadelphia Posts: 12,059 Local Time: 11:47 PM	I'm sure it's already been said, but "love is blindness, I don't want to see" is a pretty brilliant line. I'll think of some more.

07-10-2008, 01:53 AM	#102
lew07 The Fly Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 197 Local Time: 07:47 PM	its hard to pick...but the first 2 that come to mind are: Love makes no sense of space and time-miracle drug when you hold on to something so tight you've already lost it-dirty day

07-20-2008, 04:00 PM	#105
Cooper_Pariah The Fly Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: El Paso, TX Posts: 37 Local Time: 08:47 PM	Mercy had some really good lyrics, (although most of the verses suck, I mean the water and telescope line? WTF?!) But my favorite line from any song, (not just any U2 song) is: Love is justice, not charity. Love brings with it clarity More from Mercy: I'm rippin' the stitches You got two hands to rub I'm in the ditches Of someone else's love Love is when I lie Love puts the blue back in my eye Love will come again I'll be gone again... From Like a Song... Angry words won't stop the fight. Two wrongs won't make it right. A new heart is what I need, Oh God, make it bleed, Is there nothing left? and from Love Is Blindness: Love is clockworks and cold steel Fingers too numb to feel.