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  Bono's Bible | Biblical Allusions in U2 Songs

ENEMIES

Jesus: "a man's enemies will be the members of his own household." Matthew 10:36 NIV

Don't believe what you hear, don't believe what you see
If you just close your eyes you can feel the enemy. ACROBAT

​Where I grew up
There weren't many trees
Where there was we'd tear them down
And use them on our enemies
They say that what you mock
Will surely overtake you
And you become a monster
So the monster will not break you. PEACE ON EARTH 

I’m still standing on that street
Still need an enemy. CEDARWOOD ROAD

It's already gone too far
Who said that if you go in hard
You won't get hurt. PEACE ON EARTH

We're cut adrift, but still floating
I'm only hanging on to watch you go down, my love. SO CRUEL


Is it getting better, or do you feel the same?

Will it make it easier on you, now you got someone to blame? ONE

Would you deny for others
What you demand for yourself? CRUMBS FROM YOUR TABLE

No man is my enemy
My own hands imprison me
Love rescue me. LOVE RESCUE ME

Love makes strange enemies
Makes love where love may please
The soul and its striptease
Hate brought to its knees. WINDOW IN THE SKIES

Every sailor knows that the sea
Is a friend made enemy
And every shipwrecked soul, knows what it is
To live without intimacy. .EVERY BREAKING WAVE

Waves of regret and waves of joy
I reached out for the one I tried to destroy
You, you said you'd wait till the end of the world. 
UNTIL THE END OF THE WORLD

Choose your enemies carefully cos they will define you
Make them interesting cos in some ways they will mind you
They're not there in the beginning but when your story ends
Gonna last with you longer than your friend. CEDARS OF LEBANON
See Themes
Betrayal

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Hypocrisy
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