Single Greatest Line Of Any U2 Song - Page 3

Galeongirl · 10-07-2007, 07:00 AM

my favourite is a line from Acrobat, but Bono shamelessly stole it from a woman(can't remember her name)
A woman needs a man, like a fish needs a bycicle

and I second Utoo with the So Cruel lyrics!

major_panic · 10-07-2007, 08:13 AM

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Originally posted by Galeongirl
my favourite is a line from Acrobat, but Bono shamelessly stole it from a woman(can't remember her name)
A woman needs a man, like a fish needs a bycicle

Isn't that from Trying To Throw Your Arms Around The World?

U2isthebest · 10-07-2007, 08:15 AM

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Originally posted by major_panic

Isn't that from Trying To Throw Your Arms Around The World?

It is. GG fails as a U2 fan.

Also, Gloria Steinem is the person Bono is quoting with that lyric.

Hi GG!

2861U2 · 10-07-2007, 08:47 AM

The complete lyrics to Bad, but if I had to narrow it down....

"If I could through myself set your spirit free"

derrick_rossign · 10-07-2007, 09:06 AM

not really a great lyric, but the way its sung, it makes 11 O'Clock Tick Tock always stuck in my head. "Hear the children crying, and I know it's time to go. I hear the children crying, take me home."

But my favorite lyrics of all time, not just from U2, is in Kite. "I'm not afraid to die, I'm not afraid to live, and when I'm flat on my back, I hope to feel like I did."
And to elaborate, "'cause hardness, it sets in. You need some protection, the thinner the skin. I want you to know, that you don't need me anymore. I want you to know, you don't need anyone, or anything at all.
Who's to say where the wind will take you, Who's to say what it is will break you. I don't know, which way the wind will blow. Who's to know when the time has come around. Don't want to see you cry. I know that this is not goodbye

waynetravis · 10-07-2007, 09:12 AM

To take the cup
To fill it up
To drink it slow
I can't let you go

last unicorn · 10-07-2007, 09:37 AM

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Originally posted by BonoVoxSupastar
You got to cry with out weeping
Talk without speaking
Scream without raising your voice

This gives me chills everytime I hear it, especially live.

That and basically all of One Tree Hill, also One Step Closer, and a lot of other stuff ... it's so hard for me to chose here.

joerags · 10-07-2007, 11:01 AM

I like this one from Kite:

"I'm not afraid to die. I'm not afraid to live. And when I'm flat on my back, I hope to feel like I did."

Another one from God Part II:

"Heard a singer on the radio, late last night. Says he's going to kick the darkness till it bleeds daylight."

pat132 · 10-07-2007, 11:23 AM

And if the mountain should crumble
Or disappear into the sea
Not a tear, no not I

Salome · 10-07-2007, 11:50 AM

Oh dont sorrow, no dont weep
For tonight, at last
I am coming home

I love you cause I need to, not because I need you

The Disciple · 10-07-2007, 12:57 PM

It would definitely b something off "Elvis Ate America"...... LOL.

U2girl · 10-07-2007, 01:38 PM

Miami my mammy.

Something from One or Until the end of the world.

Zoots · 10-07-2007, 01:39 PM

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Originally posted by U2girl
Miami my mammy.

U2girl · 10-07-2007, 01:45 PM

Hmm, this is hard. The Wanderer and One tree hill could be candidates too. I'll have a look at the booklets on the albums again.

U2lunatic · 10-07-2007, 02:52 PM

hmmm, maybe some lyrics from Boomerang I or 4th of July... oh wait, it's instrumental

Ok, I love these lines from Like A Song

:

"A generation without name, ripped and torn,
Nothing to loose, nothing to gain"

"Angry words won't stop the fight.
Two wrings won't make it right.
A new heart is what I need,
Oh God, make it bleed"

actually, the whole last verse from this song...^

"IIIIIIIIIIIIII remember
When we could sleep oooooooon stones "

10-07-2007, 11:50 AM	#40
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10-07-2007, 08:47 AM	#34
2861U2 Rock n' Roll Doggie Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Rockford, IL Posts: 3,323 Local Time: 11:29 AM	The complete lyrics to Bad, but if I had to narrow it down.... "If I could through myself set your spirit free"

10-07-2007, 09:06 AM	#35
derrick_rossign Acrobat Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Maine, USA Posts: 326 Local Time: 11:29 AM	not really a great lyric, but the way its sung, it makes 11 O'Clock Tick Tock always stuck in my head. "Hear the children crying, and I know it's time to go. I hear the children crying, take me home." But my favorite lyrics of all time, not just from U2, is in Kite. "I'm not afraid to die, I'm not afraid to live, and when I'm flat on my back, I hope to feel like I did." And to elaborate, "'cause hardness, it sets in. You need some protection, the thinner the skin. I want you to know, that you don't need me anymore. I want you to know, you don't need anyone, or anything at all. Who's to say where the wind will take you, Who's to say what it is will break you. I don't know, which way the wind will blow. Who's to know when the time has come around. Don't want to see you cry. I know that this is not goodbye

10-07-2007, 09:12 AM	#36
waynetravis Blue Crack Supplier Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Brand and Broadway Posts: 34,797 Local Time: 04:29 PM	To take the cup To fill it up To drink it slow I can't let you go

10-07-2007, 11:01 AM	#38
joerags War Child Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Running down the road like loose electricity, while the band in my head plays a striptease Posts: 618 Local Time: 04:29 PM	I like this one from Kite: "I'm not afraid to die. I'm not afraid to live. And when I'm flat on my back, I hope to feel like I did." Another one from God Part II: "Heard a singer on the radio, late last night. Says he's going to kick the darkness till it bleeds daylight."

10-07-2007, 11:23 AM	#39
pat132 Acrobat Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Québec, Canada Posts: 349 Local Time: 12:29 PM	And if the mountain should crumble Or disappear into the sea Not a tear, no not I

10-07-2007, 12:57 PM	#41
The Disciple Refugee Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Florida Posts: 2,419 Local Time: 12:29 PM	It would definitely b something off "Elvis Ate America"...... LOL.

10-07-2007, 01:38 PM	#42
U2girl Blue Crack Addict Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: slovenija Posts: 17,470 Local Time: 05:29 PM	Miami my mammy. Something from One or Until the end of the world.

10-07-2007, 01:45 PM	#44
U2girl Blue Crack Addict Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: slovenija Posts: 17,470 Local Time: 05:29 PM	Hmm, this is hard. The Wanderer and One tree hill could be candidates too. I'll have a look at the booklets on the albums again.

10-07-2007, 02:52 PM	#45
U2lunatic Refugee Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Vienna..sometimes Posts: 1,293 Local Time: 05:29 PM	hmmm, maybe some lyrics from Boomerang I or 4th of July... oh wait, it's instrumental Ok, I love these lines from Like A Song : "A generation without name, ripped and torn, Nothing to loose, nothing to gain" "Angry words won't stop the fight. Two wrings won't make it right. A new heart is what I need, Oh God, make it bleed" actually, the whole last verse from this song...^ "IIIIIIIIIIIIII remember When we could sleep oooooooon stones "