• SONGS
    • SONGS BY ALBUM >
      • BOY
      • OCTOBER
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      • ZOOROPA
      • POP
      • ALL THAT YOU CAN'T LEAVE BEHIND
      • HOW TO DISMANTLE AN ATOMIC BOMB
      • NO LINE ON THE HORIZON
      • SONGS OF INNOCENCE
      • SONGS OF EXPERIENCE
    • SONGS ALPHABETICAL >
      • 13 (THERE IS A LIGHT)
      • 40
      • A CELEBRATION
      • A MAN AND A WOMAN
      • A SORT OF HOMECOMING
      • ACROBAT
      • ALEX DESCENDS INTO HELL FOR A BOTTLE OF MILK
      • ALL BECAUSE OF YOU
      • ALL I WANT IS YOU
      • ALWAYS
      • AMERICAN SOUL
      • ANGEL OF HARLEM
      • ANOTHER TIME, ANOTHER PLACE
      • BAD
      • BEAUTIFUL DAY
      • BIG GIRLS ARE BEST
      • BOOK OF YOUR HEART
      • BREATHE
      • BULLET THE BLUE SKY
      • CALIFORNIA (THERE IS NO END TO LOVE)
      • CEDARS OF LEBANON
      • CEDARWOOD ROAD
      • CITY OF BLINDING LIGHTS
      • CRUMBS FROM YOUR TABLE
      • DESIRE
      • DIRTY DAY
      • DISCOTHEQUE
      • DROWNING MAN
      • ELEVATION
      • EVEN BETTER THAN THE REAL THING
      • EVERY BREAKING WAVE
      • EXIT
      • FALLING AT YOUR FEET
      • FAST CARS
      • FIRE
      • GET ON YOUR BOOTS
      • GET OUT OF YOUR OWN WAY
      • GLORIA
      • GONE
      • GRACE
      • HAWKMOON 269
      • HEARTLAND
      • HOLD ME, THRILL ME, KISS ME, KILL ME
      • I FALL DOWN
      • I STILL HAVEN'T FOUND WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR
      • I THREW A BRICK THROUGH A WINDOW
      • I WILL FOLLOW
      • I'LL GO CRAZY IF I DON'T GO CRAZY TONIGHT
      • IF GOD WILL SEND HIS ANGELS
      • IN A LITTLE WHILE
      • IN GOD'S COUNTRY
      • INTO THE HEART
      • INVISIBLE
      • IRIS (HOLD ME CLOSE)
      • IS THAT ALL?
      • KITE
      • LANDLADY
      • LAST NIGHT ON EARTH
      • LEMON
      • LEVITATE
      • LIGHTS OF HOME
      • LIKE A SONG
      • LOVE AND PEACE OR ELSE
      • LOVE IS ALL WE HAVE LEFT
      • LOVE IS BIGGER THAN ANYTHING IN ITS WAY
      • LOVE IS BLINDNESS
      • LOVE RESCUE ME
      • LUCIFER'S HANDS
      • LUMINOUS TIMES (HOLD ON TO LOVE)
      • MAGNIFICENT
      • MERCY
      • MIRACLE DRUG
      • MISS SARAJEVO
      • MLK
      • MOFO
      • MOMENT OF SURRENDER
      • MYSTERIOUS WAYS
      • NEW YEAR'S DAY
      • NEW YORK
      • NO LINE ON THE HORIZON
      • NUMB
      • OCTOBER
      • ONE
      • ONE TREE HILL
      • OUT OF CONTROL
      • PEACE ON EARTH
      • PLEASE
      • PRIDE (IN THE NAME OF LOVE)
      • RAISED BY WOLVES
      • RED FLAG DAY
      • REJOICE
      • RUNNING TO STAND STILL
      • SALOME
      • SCARLET
      • SECONDS
      • SILVER & GOLD
      • SLEEP LIKE A BABY TONIGHT
      • SO CRUEL
      • SOME DAYS ARE BETTER THAN OTHERS
      • SONG FOR SOMEONE
      • STAND UP COMEDY
      • STARING AT THE SUN
      • STATELESS
      • STAY (FARAWAY, SO CLOSE!)
      • STUCK IN A MOMENT YOU CAN'T GET OUT OF
      • SUMMER OF LOVE
      • SUNDAY BLOODY SUNDAY
      • SURRENDER
      • SWEETEST THING
      • THE BLACKOUT
      • THE FIRST TIME
      • THE FLY
      • THE LITTLE THINGS THAT GIVE YOU AWAY
      • THE MIRACLE (OF JOEY RAMONE)
      • THE PLAYBOY MANSION
      • THE SHOWMAN (LITTLE MORE BETTER)
      • THE TROUBLES
      • THE UNFORGETTABLE FIRE
      • THE WANDERER
      • TOMORROW
      • TRIP THROUGH YOUR WIRES
      • TRYIN' TO THROW YOUR ARMS AROUND THE WORLD
      • TWILIGHT
      • TWO HEARTS BEAT AS ONE
      • ULTRA VIOLET (LIGHT MY WAY)
      • UNKNOWN CALLER
      • UNTIL THE END OF THE WORLD
      • VERTIGO
      • VOLCANO
      • WAKE UP DEAD MAN
      • WALK ON
      • WALK TO THE WATER
      • WHEN I LOOK AT THE WORLD
      • WHEN LOVE COMES TO TOWN
      • WHERE THE STREETS HAVE NO NAME
      • WHITE AS SNOW
      • WHO'S GONNA RIDE YOUR WILD HORSES
      • WILD HONEY
      • WINDOW IN THE SKIES
      • WIRE
      • WITH A SHOUT (JERUSALEM)
      • WITH OR WITHOUT YOU
      • YAHWEH
      • YOU'RE THE BEST THING ABOUT ME
      • ZOO STATION
      • ZOOROPA
  • THEMES
    • ADDICTION
    • BEFORE THE FALL
    • BEING REBORN
    • BETRAYAL
    • BLINDNESS
    • BLIND GENERATION
    • BROKEN HEART
    • CHALLENGING CHRIST
    • CHANGING THE WORLD
    • CHRIST'S VICTORY
    • CONFESSING INABILITY TO CONNECT TO GOD
    • COVENANT LOVE
    • DANGERS OF RELIGION
    • DESPAIR
    • END OF THE WORLD
    • ENEMIES
    • FEMININE GOD
    • GOD-SHAPED HOLE
    • GOD VIA HUMAN RELATIONSHIPS
    • GRACE
    • HEAVEN ON EARTH?
    • HOLLOW HEDONISM
    • IMAGINATION & GOD
    • LIGHT & DARKNESS
    • LOST & FOUND
    • LOVE IS ALL WE CAN'T LEAVE BEHIND
    • LOVE THE HIGHER LAW
    • REDEMPTION
    • RUNNING TO OR AWAY FROM GOD?
    • SEX & SPIRIT
    • SPIRIT IS NOWHERE
    • SPIRIT TEACH ME
    • THE DOOR IS OPEN
    • TRUE TREASURE
  • QUOTES
    • ACCIDENTAL UNIVERSE?
    • ANTI-RELIGION
    • ATHEISM
    • BEING REBORN
    • BIBLE
    • BLESSINGS
    • BLIND GENERATION
    • CHANGING THE WORLD
    • CHRIST
    • CHRIST'S BIRTH STORY
    • CHRIST DIED FOR OUR SINS?
    • CHRIST THE SON OF GOD?
    • DAVID & THE PSALMS
    • EQUALITY & JUSTICE
    • ESSENCE MADE MANIFEST
    • FORCE OF LOVE & LOGIC
    • GOD-SHAPED HOLE
    • GOOD & EVIL
    • GRACE & KARMA
    • HEAVEN
    • HOLY SPIRIT
    • HYPOCRISY
    • IDENTIFYING AS A CHRISTIAN
    • IMAGINATION & GOD
    • INSTINCT
    • LOVE
    • MEETING GOD
    • MUSIC
    • SEX
    • TERRORISM
    • THE POOR
    • TRANSCENDENCE
  • SONGS
    • SONGS BY ALBUM >
      • BOY
      • OCTOBER
      • WAR
      • THE UNFORGETTABLE FIRE
      • THE JOSHUA TREE
      • RATTLE AND HUM
      • ACHTUNG BABY
      • ZOOROPA
      • POP
      • ALL THAT YOU CAN'T LEAVE BEHIND
      • HOW TO DISMANTLE AN ATOMIC BOMB
      • NO LINE ON THE HORIZON
      • SONGS OF INNOCENCE
      • SONGS OF EXPERIENCE
    • SONGS ALPHABETICAL >
      • 13 (THERE IS A LIGHT)
      • 40
      • A CELEBRATION
      • A MAN AND A WOMAN
      • A SORT OF HOMECOMING
      • ACROBAT
      • ALEX DESCENDS INTO HELL FOR A BOTTLE OF MILK
      • ALL BECAUSE OF YOU
      • ALL I WANT IS YOU
      • ALWAYS
      • AMERICAN SOUL
      • ANGEL OF HARLEM
      • ANOTHER TIME, ANOTHER PLACE
      • BAD
      • BEAUTIFUL DAY
      • BIG GIRLS ARE BEST
      • BOOK OF YOUR HEART
      • BREATHE
      • BULLET THE BLUE SKY
      • CALIFORNIA (THERE IS NO END TO LOVE)
      • CEDARS OF LEBANON
      • CEDARWOOD ROAD
      • CITY OF BLINDING LIGHTS
      • CRUMBS FROM YOUR TABLE
      • DESIRE
      • DIRTY DAY
      • DISCOTHEQUE
      • DROWNING MAN
      • ELEVATION
      • EVEN BETTER THAN THE REAL THING
      • EVERY BREAKING WAVE
      • EXIT
      • FALLING AT YOUR FEET
      • FAST CARS
      • FIRE
      • GET ON YOUR BOOTS
      • GET OUT OF YOUR OWN WAY
      • GLORIA
      • GONE
      • GRACE
      • HAWKMOON 269
      • HEARTLAND
      • HOLD ME, THRILL ME, KISS ME, KILL ME
      • I FALL DOWN
      • I STILL HAVEN'T FOUND WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR
      • I THREW A BRICK THROUGH A WINDOW
      • I WILL FOLLOW
      • I'LL GO CRAZY IF I DON'T GO CRAZY TONIGHT
      • IF GOD WILL SEND HIS ANGELS
      • IN A LITTLE WHILE
      • IN GOD'S COUNTRY
      • INTO THE HEART
      • INVISIBLE
      • IRIS (HOLD ME CLOSE)
      • IS THAT ALL?
      • KITE
      • LANDLADY
      • LAST NIGHT ON EARTH
      • LEMON
      • LEVITATE
      • LIGHTS OF HOME
      • LIKE A SONG
      • LOVE AND PEACE OR ELSE
      • LOVE IS ALL WE HAVE LEFT
      • LOVE IS BIGGER THAN ANYTHING IN ITS WAY
      • LOVE IS BLINDNESS
      • LOVE RESCUE ME
      • LUCIFER'S HANDS
      • LUMINOUS TIMES (HOLD ON TO LOVE)
      • MAGNIFICENT
      • MERCY
      • MIRACLE DRUG
      • MISS SARAJEVO
      • MLK
      • MOFO
      • MOMENT OF SURRENDER
      • MYSTERIOUS WAYS
      • NEW YEAR'S DAY
      • NEW YORK
      • NO LINE ON THE HORIZON
      • NUMB
      • OCTOBER
      • ONE
      • ONE TREE HILL
      • OUT OF CONTROL
      • PEACE ON EARTH
      • PLEASE
      • PRIDE (IN THE NAME OF LOVE)
      • RAISED BY WOLVES
      • RED FLAG DAY
      • REJOICE
      • RUNNING TO STAND STILL
      • SALOME
      • SCARLET
      • SECONDS
      • SILVER & GOLD
      • SLEEP LIKE A BABY TONIGHT
      • SO CRUEL
      • SOME DAYS ARE BETTER THAN OTHERS
      • SONG FOR SOMEONE
      • STAND UP COMEDY
      • STARING AT THE SUN
      • STATELESS
      • STAY (FARAWAY, SO CLOSE!)
      • STUCK IN A MOMENT YOU CAN'T GET OUT OF
      • SUMMER OF LOVE
      • SUNDAY BLOODY SUNDAY
      • SURRENDER
      • SWEETEST THING
      • THE BLACKOUT
      • THE FIRST TIME
      • THE FLY
      • THE LITTLE THINGS THAT GIVE YOU AWAY
      • THE MIRACLE (OF JOEY RAMONE)
      • THE PLAYBOY MANSION
      • THE SHOWMAN (LITTLE MORE BETTER)
      • THE TROUBLES
      • THE UNFORGETTABLE FIRE
      • THE WANDERER
      • TOMORROW
      • TRIP THROUGH YOUR WIRES
      • TRYIN' TO THROW YOUR ARMS AROUND THE WORLD
      • TWILIGHT
      • TWO HEARTS BEAT AS ONE
      • ULTRA VIOLET (LIGHT MY WAY)
      • UNKNOWN CALLER
      • UNTIL THE END OF THE WORLD
      • VERTIGO
      • VOLCANO
      • WAKE UP DEAD MAN
      • WALK ON
      • WALK TO THE WATER
      • WHEN I LOOK AT THE WORLD
      • WHEN LOVE COMES TO TOWN
      • WHERE THE STREETS HAVE NO NAME
      • WHITE AS SNOW
      • WHO'S GONNA RIDE YOUR WILD HORSES
      • WILD HONEY
      • WINDOW IN THE SKIES
      • WIRE
      • WITH A SHOUT (JERUSALEM)
      • WITH OR WITHOUT YOU
      • YAHWEH
      • YOU'RE THE BEST THING ABOUT ME
      • ZOO STATION
      • ZOOROPA
  • THEMES
    • ADDICTION
    • BEFORE THE FALL
    • BEING REBORN
    • BETRAYAL
    • BLINDNESS
    • BLIND GENERATION
    • BROKEN HEART
    • CHALLENGING CHRIST
    • CHANGING THE WORLD
    • CHRIST'S VICTORY
    • CONFESSING INABILITY TO CONNECT TO GOD
    • COVENANT LOVE
    • DANGERS OF RELIGION
    • DESPAIR
    • END OF THE WORLD
    • ENEMIES
    • FEMININE GOD
    • GOD-SHAPED HOLE
    • GOD VIA HUMAN RELATIONSHIPS
    • GRACE
    • HEAVEN ON EARTH?
    • HOLLOW HEDONISM
    • IMAGINATION & GOD
    • LIGHT & DARKNESS
    • LOST & FOUND
    • LOVE IS ALL WE CAN'T LEAVE BEHIND
    • LOVE THE HIGHER LAW
    • REDEMPTION
    • RUNNING TO OR AWAY FROM GOD?
    • SEX & SPIRIT
    • SPIRIT IS NOWHERE
    • SPIRIT TEACH ME
    • THE DOOR IS OPEN
    • TRUE TREASURE
  • QUOTES
    • ACCIDENTAL UNIVERSE?
    • ANTI-RELIGION
    • ATHEISM
    • BEING REBORN
    • BIBLE
    • BLESSINGS
    • BLIND GENERATION
    • CHANGING THE WORLD
    • CHRIST
    • CHRIST'S BIRTH STORY
    • CHRIST DIED FOR OUR SINS?
    • CHRIST THE SON OF GOD?
    • DAVID & THE PSALMS
    • EQUALITY & JUSTICE
    • ESSENCE MADE MANIFEST
    • FORCE OF LOVE & LOGIC
    • GOD-SHAPED HOLE
    • GOOD & EVIL
    • GRACE & KARMA
    • HEAVEN
    • HOLY SPIRIT
    • HYPOCRISY
    • IDENTIFYING AS A CHRISTIAN
    • IMAGINATION & GOD
    • INSTINCT
    • LOVE
    • MEETING GOD
    • MUSIC
    • SEX
    • TERRORISM
    • THE POOR
    • TRANSCENDENCE
Bono's Bible

CHANGING THE WORLD


Yes I can change the world
Yes I can change the world…
But I can’t change the world in me. LUCIFER’S HANDS
 
And I felt like a star
I felt the world could go far
If they listened to what I said. THE OCEAN
 
And what am I to do?
What in the world am I to say?
There's nothing else to do.
He says he'll change the world some day
I rejoice. REJOICE
 
And what am I to do?
Just tell me what am I supposed to say?
I can't change the world
But I can change the world in me.
I rejoice. REJOICE
 
Don't believe that Rock 'n' Roll
Can really change the world
As it spins in revolution
Yeah, it spirals and turns. GOD PART II
 
Look I gotta go, yeah, I'm running outta change;
There's a lot of things if I could I'd rearrange. THE FLY
 
And a woman needs a man like a fish needs a bicycle
When you're tryin' to throw your arms around the world. TRYIN’ TO THROW YOUR ARMS AROUND THE WORLD
 
She's gonna dream up
The world she wants to live in
She's gonna dream out loud. ZOOROPA
 
She's not waiting on a saviour to come
She's at the bus stop
With the News Of The World
And the sun, sun, here it comes.
She's not waiting for anyone. LAST NIGHT ON EARTH
 
Grace, it's the name for a girl
It's also a thought that changed the world. GRACE
 
Every generation gets a chance to change the world
Pity the nation that won't listen to your boys and girls
Cos the sweetest melody is the one we haven't heard. I’LL GO CRAZY IF I DON’T GO CRAZY TONIGHT
 
Symbols clashing, bibles smashing
Paint the world you need to see. CEDARWOOD ROAD
 
Soldier soldier
We signed our lives away
Complete surrender
The only weapon we know
Soldier soldier
We knew the world will never be the same
Soldier this is where you can reach me now. THIS IS WHERE YOU CAN REACH ME NOW
 
So young to be the words of your own song
I know the rage in you is strong
Write a world where we can belong
to each other and sing it like no other. LOVE IS BIGGER THAN ANYTHING IN ITS WAY
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Changing The World