DESPAIR
I was feeling just teenage angst. I didn't know if I wanted to continue living – that kind of despair. I was praying to a God I didn't know was listening. November 3, 2005 – Rolling Stone Interview
Abandonment and displacement are the stuff of my favourite psalms.... for me it's in his despair that the psalmist really reveals the nature of his special relationship with God. Honesty, even to the point of anger. “How long, Lord? Wilt thou hide thyself forever?” (Psalm 89), or “Answer me when I call” (Psalm 5). 1999 – The Book of Psalms (Introduction by Bono)
Abandonment and displacement are the stuff of my favourite psalms.... for me it's in his despair that the psalmist really reveals the nature of his special relationship with God. Honesty, even to the point of anger. “How long, Lord? Wilt thou hide thyself forever?” (Psalm 89), or “Answer me when I call” (Psalm 5). 1999 – The Book of Psalms (Introduction by Bono)