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U2 - The Troubles
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Songs Of Innocence (2014)
  1. Originally posted by BelgianBono:[..]

    That's what I like about this band.

    I'm not a fan of the majority of this album, but from time to time, some songs can touch me so deep no other band or artist can.

    And I don't know you, so I know it'll sound lame, but I really hope your troubles will be over or figured out soon. Take care stranger.

    Dear BelgianBono,

    "A stranger is a friend you didn't meet yet!"

    Thank you for your kind words and wishes, its nothing I can't handle but it is a rollercoatser at this moment (of surrender). Your warm intentions are highly appriciated!!!

    I'm from The Netherlands so we are not that for apart. Maybe we will meet in 2015 at a gig ;-)
  2. Absolutely En graag.

    I'd like to meet the bunch of you guys.
  3. Double
  4. The "Somebody stopped the world I know" lyrics from the alternate version really speaks to me.

  5. I liked that line, but the rest of the alternate version felt like a work in progress, so that track is going into storage for me.
  6. Ive just listened to the alternate version for my first time, I think I like it better than the album version. I cant quite tell what about it but it's so much more listenable for me now.
  7. Somebody stepped inside your soul
    Somebody stepped inside your soul
    Little by little they robbed and stole
    Till someone else was in control

    What no ''line'' on the horizen ?
  8. Is this song about domestic violence?

  9. I believe so. Bono talked to the Irish Times and said "Then I went a bit further and remembered all the violence meted out to women by their husbands". It gives a new perspective to the song.
  10. Originally posted by cesar_garza01:[..]

    I believe so. Bono talked to the Irish Times and said "Then I went a bit further and remembered all the violence meted out to women by their husbands". It gives a new perspective to the song.

    Thanks for that info I was listening to it today and thought it could be referring to such things.
  11. I think it's a parallelism (is that the word? lol) between domestic violence and terrorism or state violence.
  12. There are a lot of things to like about this song. The discussion of domestic violence is very clear and I do see the parallelism (yes, it's a word) between domestic violence and political violence. There's also a theme of resilience (I have a will for survival), empathy towards the perpetrator (God know it's not easy, taking on the shape of someone else's pain), acceptance of circumstances (I'm naked and I'm not afraid my body's sacred and I'm not ashamed) and ultimately, loss (of innocence? maybe so...)
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