And that baby lyric doesn't really mean having an actually baby 
Baby is just used as a pet name for his partner in this context 
Originally posted by SunnyFrench:I'm just studying English, so when I tried to make translations of U2`s songs I faced with some troubles.
I hope that the native speakers of English will help me.I`ll try to explain as clearly as I can
So, in Ultraviolet (Light My Way)
"You know I need you to be strong" . What is meant : I want you to be strong yourself or I need you to be strong myself?
And the same story is with "One"
"Leaves you baby if you
Don't care for it" . Is "baby" here the direct address or it means : You'll have a baby"?
I know that this sounds a bit foolish, but I'll be much obliged if anyboby helps me
it was always "you know, I need you to be strong" for me but oh shit... It's different now lol Originally posted by jofice:Wow I never thought about where the commas went
An English professor wrote on the board: A woman without her man is nothing.
The class was then asked to punctuate the sentence.
The men wrote: "A woman, without her man, is nothing."
The women wrote: "A woman: without her, man is nothing." A woman, without a man, is nothing
Originally posted by Risto:All about interpretation.
You know i need you, to be strong.
You know, i need you to be strong.
Are both completely different. That is why music is powerful, people make their own explanations.
Originally posted by kris_smith87:I thought it might be fitting to post my query here. Yesterday I was listening to Miss Sarajevo and was wondering what the verse in Italian means?
