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  1. Originally posted by wtshnnfb01:I think, a line by line interpretation of Bad could be intresting. That or Running To Stand Still ( I've been watching too many movies about drugs recently. Throw in Wire for good meaure! ) That or All Because Of You.


    Bad is a good idea! But personally I have no time now, but I'll have my interpretation tomorrow!


  2. Bad? I'm in.
  3. BAD
    If you twist and turn away
    If you tear yourself in two again
    If I could, yes I would
    If I could, I would
    Let it go
    Surrender
    Dislocate

    There's someone who isn't really happy with Bono. The person 'twist and turns away' (his back towards Bono) and cries (tear yourself in two again). But Bono tells him/her that he would do one certain thing if he could. He would let 'it' go, surrender to that person and than he would feel dislocated.

    If I could throw this
    Lifeless lifeline to the wind

    I guess that this is about his life. He wished he could throw his life into the air and the wind would carry it. He wished that everything in life would be easy and you could just let yourself be carried away (by the wind).

    Leave this heart of clay
    See you walk, walk away
    Into the night
    And through the rain
    Into the half-light
    And through the flame

    He wants to leave his heart of clay. I'm not sure, but I think that he means that it's easy to change his feelings. It's not hard to let him fall in love
    The person from the first verse doen't believe him and walks away. Far away; into the dark night, through the wet rain, but also through the half-light (opposite of the dark) and the flames/fire (opposite of the rain). So this person could be anywhere. Maybe in a dark place, maybe in a bright place, maybe in a wet place or in a warm place. Faraway, so close

    If I could through myself
    Set your spirit free
    I'd lead your heart away
    See you break, break away
    Into the light
    And to the day

    If Bono could leave this heart of clay, let his life carry by the wind, he would see the person that dissappeared. The spirit (we're probably talking 'bout a dead person, maybe his mother?) would be set free and it would be break away from the dark/half-light into the light where Bono can see it.

    To let it go
    And so to fade away
    To let it go
    And so fade away

    Again, he has to let it go, he has to forget about this dead person and continue living. Leave his heart of clay=his heart is like clay, cause he keeps missing this person, while his own life must continue.

    I'm wide awake
    I'm wide awake
    Wide awake
    I'm not sleeping
    Oh, no, no, no

    I'm not really sure...he isn't dreaming that he can see this dead person?

    True colors fly in blue and black
    Bruised silken sky and burning flag
    Colours crash, collide in blood shot eyes

    That's a tough one. Blue could be the colour of heaven and Black of the hell. The bruised silken sky is heaven and the burning flags are down in the hell. And then the colours crash (heaven vs. hell)....

    This desperation
    Dislocation
    Separation
    Condemnation
    Revelation
    In temptation
    Isolation
    Desolation
    Let it go

    Addiction; he wants this dead person back and he seems to go crazy. This desperation, dislocation, separation; he gets totally lost. He lost control.

    And so fade away
    To let it go
    And so fade away
    To let it go
    And so to fade away

    The dead person goes back to where it came from; heaven or hell

    Good luck with it fellas!
  5. mines coming tomorrow...I'm gonna do this during study
  6. Is your opinion on the lyrics of Bad still coming Steve? I see you're having very little time, since you're going to write reviews on the entire 3th leg of Elevation...

    If not, I would like to continue with my personal fav...Dirty Day

    If you guys would like that one, of course...
  7. this is a free palce...go on mark
  8. Originally posted by markp91:Is your opinion on the lyrics of Bad still coming Steve? I see you're having very little time, since you're going to write reviews on the entire 3th leg of Elevation...

    If not, I would like to continue with my personal fav...Dirty Day

    If you guys would like that one, of course...


    actually, i've really been working on the analysis of bad. it's one of my fav songs, and its a personal + emotional song to me too.

    typing up my notes now.
  9. The song with the best lyrics ever IMHO!

    Dirty Day
    I don't know you
    And you don't know the half of it

    Bono speaks to a fan. Bono doesn't know the fan and the fan only knows half of what happens with U2. This song is about the changes in the musical style and the new ZooTv tour.

    I had a starring role
    I was the bad guy who walked out
    They said be careful where you aim
    'Cause where you aim you just might hit
    You can hold on to something so tight
    You've already lost it

    The fan blames Bono for the new style, which he hates. Bono was the bad guy who walked out. I'm not sure about the aiming part, but it could be that the fan feels like murdering Bono, but he can't cause he's still a fan (be carefull, cause you might hit). A sort of love-hate relation. He holds on to U2's old albums and hopes for a come-back of that period. But deep in his heart he knows that the old U2 is no more.

    Dragging me down
    That's not the way it used to be
    You can't even remember
    What I'm trying to forget

    The fan wants to go back in the days. He misses the old U2. 'That's not the way it used to be'. I'm not sure about the underlined part.

    It was a dirty day
    Dirty day

    The fan doesn't like the changes, they are 'dirty'. 'Day' should be read as years/longer periods. It was a Dirty Day= The new era is horrible.

    You're looking for explanations
    I don't even understand
    If you need someone to blame
    Throw a rock in the air
    You'll hit someone guilty

    The fan is looking for the reasons why U2 changed their musical style. Explanations that are made which such big fantasy that even Bono doesn't understand them. And then: one of the best lines ever! If you throw a rock straight up in the air, it comes down and it might hit yourself. So Bono's says that it's the fans own fault that U2 has changed their style. They asked for it.

    From father to son
    In one life has begun
    A work that's never done
    Father to son

    Music changes all the time, it gets past from father to son and everyone in the line changes it a bit. The work, changing music/making it more beautiful, is never done.

    (And love... it won't last kissin' time)
    (And love... it won't last kissin' time)
    (And love... it won't last kissin' time)

    The love of the fan probably won't last the big changes. He can't stand it, he finds it horrible.
    His love for U2 has disappeared by AB and Zooropa.

    Get it right
    There's no blood thicker than ink
    Hear what I say
    Nothing's simple as you think

    The fan needs to understand that it isn't as simple as he thinks. U2 can't keep the same style for their entire career. Changes are part of life. The best line ever in a U2 song is in my opinion 'There's no blood thicker than ink'. The reviews of their new music can make them or break them. It's important to change, to keep the fans and the media satisfied.

    Wake up
    Some things you can't get around
    I'm in you
    More so when they put me in the ground

    The fan needs to wake up, get it right. He needs to look at reality. U2 is a part of his life. Bono is inside of him, in his heart. And even more if he dies. When their career ends, the fan definitely will learn to appreciate their early 90's work.

    Days, days, days run away like horses over the hill
    Those days, days, days run away like horses over the hill (about 20x lol...)

    Their career seems to go so fast, if feels like horses running over the hill. (and believe me: that's fast! )

    Hope you liked it!
  10. Bump Bump Bump Bump Bump
    Anyone likes to discuss Dirty Day?
  11. I always put that song in the context of a conversation between father and son.

    You can feel a lot of Charles Bukowski references in the lyrics and the music. The dark atmosphere you can also sense in his works, the "days run away like horses over the hills" line, the dedication of the song, the relationship of "Hank" and his father...
  12. Originally posted by yeah:I always put that song in the context of a conversation between father and son.

    You can feel a lot of Charles Bukowski references in the lyrics and the music. The dark atmosphere you can also sense in his works, the "days run away like horses over the hills" line, the dedication of the song, the relationship of "Hank" and his father...


    Thanks for bumping...I was going to make the same comments as yeah made above...I never saw this song the way you did Mark!! I might post a more detailed review of it...
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