Single Greatest Line Of Any U2 Song

[Dodger]

[quote]Originally posted by gman
[b]There are many.....but the one (no pun intended) that hits out at me is....

we're one, but we're not the same, we got to carry each other, carry each other...

This is actually one of my favorite lines as well, but for another reason. He actually sings we GET to carry each other, which puts a whole different spin on the line then GOT to. If it was got, he would be implying that it is our obligation to help others, where it isn't. By saying get, to me of course, is saying that we a given the gift of being able to make the choice of helping others, which is much more important then doing it out of obligation. Just how I see it though.

[AchtungGirl219]

There are so, so many (most already listed), but I also really love these lyrics from Bad:

"If I could through myself
Set your spirit free"...

and, of course, all of ASOH.

Also, the lyrics from Bullet (in addition to being incredibly poetic) evoke an incredibly chilling imagery:

"In the howling wind comes a stinging rain
See it driving nails
Into the souls on the tree of pain

From the firefly, a red orange glow
See the face of fear
Running scared in the valley below...

...In the locust wind comes a rattle and hum
Jacob wrestled the angel
And the angel was overcome

You plant a demon seed
You raise a flower of fire
See them burning crosses
See the flames higher and higher"

... It doesn't get much more powerful than that!

[IrishDawg]

How can I hurt when I'm holding you?

[luna_lovegood]

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

man, I get chills very time!

[EdgeIsTooSexy]

you know i need you to be strong
and the day is as dark as the night is long

[AchtungDude]

In my dream, I was drowning my sorrows
But my sorrows they'd learned to swim
Surrounding me, going down on me
Spilling over the brim
Waves of regret and waves of joy.
I reached out for the one I tried to destroy.

Simply amazing!

[MaximaBella]

The nights you filled with fireworks, they left you with nothing



and every single line from So Cruel

[Varitek]

Originally posted by MaximaBella The nights you filled with fireworks, they left you with nothing and every single line from So Cruel

Great line from SIAMYCGOO, probably the best followed by "I wasn't jumping...for me it was a fall/It's a long way down to nothing at all"

So Cruel has some of my favorite lines ever in it and means a lot to me, but come on, it's "every single line from So Cruel except 'bleeding like a cut.'" What a bad/flat analogy.

[U2387]

In no particular order:
1.) All the promises we break from the cradle to the crave when all is want is you-All I Want Is You
2.)Free at last they took your life, they could not take your pride-Pride(In the name of love)
3.) The real battle just begun to claim the victory Jesus won on a Sunday Bloody Sunday
4.)If I could you know I would If I could I would let it go-Bad
5.)I'll see you again when the stars fall from the sky- One Tree Hill
6.)I want to run, I want to hide, I want to tear down the walls that hold me inside-Where the streets have no name
7.)Time wont leave me as I am but time wont take the boy out of this man- City of Blinding Lights
8.)If God would send his angels, if God would send a sign, and if God would send his angels, would everything be alright?
and finally, all of A man and a woman, walk on, so cruel and kite.

[digitize]

One, Streets, Lemon, The Fly, One Tree Hill, Gone, Beautiful Day, and Mercy and full of 'em.

But I'd say the best three are "the city's aflood, and our blood turns to rust," "We're One, but we're not the same," (has anyone ever read Shadows on the Grass, by chance?), and "Every artist is a cannibal, every poet is a thief."

[bonocomet]

Great going back and reading all of these again. They really do have some amazing lyrics.

One that still gets me no matter how many times I hear it...


I have spoke with the tongue of angels
I have held the hand of a devil
It was warm in the night
I was cold as a stone
But I still haven't found what I'm looking for

[popacrobat]

i'm quite a fan of almost all of please, notably:

"love is big, it's bigger than us
but love is not what you're thinking of"

whether or not thats the best line in a song of theirs ever, im not sure, but it's up there for me.

[popacrobat]

Originally posted by U2girl "I've been sleeping in the street again like a stray dog I've been trying to feel complete again but you're gone and so is God"

one of the few people that like this song i see

i enjoy it myself

[bonocomet]

Originally posted by popacrobat one of the few people that like this song i see i enjoy it myself

I put the album on today specifically to listen to that song.

(I remember thinking I didn't like it when the record first came out. That one really snuck up on me.)

[ultraviolet92]

if u should ask then mabye theyll tell me what i would say true colours fly in blue and back through silken sky and burning flak