Single Greatest Line Of Any U2 Song - Page 8

kassandra · 05-01-2008, 11:08 PM

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

Chill Mike D · 06-13-2008, 01:45 AM

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

DaveC · 06-14-2008, 07:29 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, 02:53 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, 03:51 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, 01:53 PM

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

Cooper_Pariah · 07-20-2008, 05:00 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.

heartbeat274 · 07-20-2008, 06:15 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

Cry without weeping
Talk without speaking
Scream without raising your voice

Blessings aren't just for the ones who kneel, luckily

quietguy · 09-04-2008, 12:01 PM

I am yourself in someone else, go find yourself in me.

BVS · 09-04-2008, 12:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by quietguy

I am yourself in someone else, go find yourself in me.

Um, it's:

"Hide yourself in someone else
Don't find yourself in me"

quietguy · 09-04-2008, 01:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BonoVoxSupastar

Um, it's:

"Hide yourself in someone else
Don't find yourself in me"

Well the lyric sounded better the way I "misheard" it. Perhaps that should be moved to the misheard lyrics then. Since it was a mistake, I guess my lyrics would have to be:

"Time won't leave me as I am, Time won't take the boy out of this man."

...qg

BVS · 09-04-2008, 01:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by quietguy

Well the lyric sounded better the way I "misheard" it.

Maybe you think so...

When he sings "don't find yourself in me" he's being humble and telling that person to be themselves. Your way would be quite arrogant saying, look to me be more like me."

That line shows up again in another form in 'Love Rescue Me'.

heartbeat274 · 07-21-2008, 07:19 PM

CHANGED MY MIND COMPLETELY!

"Mercy"

Love is when I lie
Love puts the blue back in my eye
Love has come again
I am gone again
Love's got to be with the weak
Only then love gets a chance to speak
Love will come again

Even though all the lyrics of this song are poignant to me.

BGD75 · 08-10-2008, 08:46 AM

"....And you can swallow
Or you can spit
You can throw it up
Or choke on it ...."

(this is just one of many-but first came to mind because I was listening to this song yesterday)

StaySafeTonight · 11-23-2008, 02:15 PM

Nope! I've heard it before-- I just like how it was kind of randomly thrown into the song. It makes me happy

07-14-2008, 03:51 AM	#5
DreamOutLoud13 Chass Onion Premium Silver Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Hell For Certain, Kentucky Posts: 14,317 Local Time: 06:55 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. __________________ Yes, that's Adam in the bath with a giraffe. Thanks Bonnie.

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05-01-2008, 11:08 PM	#1
kassandra Refugee Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: on the sunburst street Posts: 1,512 Local Time: 06:55 PM	As you enter this life I pray you depart With a wrinkled face And a brand new heart

06-13-2008, 01:45 AM	#2
Chill Mike D Acrobat Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 482 Local Time: 06:55 PM	Big Girls are Best should have had some of his ballsiest lyrics but he pulled the punches.

06-14-2008, 07:29 PM	#3
DaveC ONE love, blood, life Premium Gold Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Canada Posts: 13,152 Local Time: 07:55 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, 02:53 AM	#4
lew07 The Fly Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 253 Local Time: 03:55 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

07-14-2008, 01:53 PM	#6
LemonMelon Blue Crack Supplier Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: The Wild Kindness Posts: 32,395 Local Time: 06:55 PM	She's gonna dream up the world she wants to live in She's gonna dream out loud

07-20-2008, 05:00 PM	#7
Cooper_Pariah The Fly Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: El Paso, TX Posts: 49 Local Time: 05:55 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.

07-20-2008, 06:15 PM	#8
heartbeat274 The Fly Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: East Coast, USA Posts: 85 Local Time: 06:55 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 Cry without weeping Talk without speaking Scream without raising your voice Blessings aren't just for the ones who kneel, luckily

09-04-2008, 12:01 PM	#9
quietguy The Fly Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 37 Local Time: 07:55 PM	I am yourself in someone else, go find yourself in me.

07-21-2008, 07:19 PM	#13
heartbeat274 The Fly Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: East Coast, USA Posts: 85 Local Time: 06:55 PM	CHANGED MY MIND COMPLETELY! "Mercy" Love is when I lie Love puts the blue back in my eye Love has come again I am gone again Love's got to be with the weak Only then love gets a chance to speak Love will come again Even though all the lyrics of this song are poignant to me.

08-10-2008, 08:46 AM	#14
BGD75 Acrobat Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: HH (Germany) Posts: 311 Local Time: 12:55 AM	"....And you can swallow Or you can spit You can throw it up Or choke on it ...." (this is just one of many-but first came to mind because I was listening to this song yesterday)

11-23-2008, 02:15 PM	#15
StaySafeTonight The Fly Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 126 Local Time: 11:55 PM	Nope! I've heard it before-- I just like how it was kind of randomly thrown into the song. It makes me happy