• SONGS
    • 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
    • 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

GONE


You're holding on to every little thing so tightly
Till there's nothing left for you anyway...
What you thought was freedom is just greed
Jesus: "anyone who holds on to life just as it is destroys that life. But if you let it go, reckless in your love, you’ll have it forever, real and eternal." John 12:24-25 MSG

Jesus looked him hard in the eye—and loved him! He said, “There’s one thing left: Go sell whatever you own and give it to the poor. All your wealth will then be heavenly wealth. And come follow me.” The man’s face clouded over. This was the last thing he expected to hear, and he walked off with a heavy heart. He was holding on tight to a lot of things, and not about to let go. Mark 10:21-22 MSG

I'm already gone
Felt that way all along...
I'll be up with the sun
Are you still holding on?
Jesus: “Mary!... Do not hold on to me... because I have not yet gone back up to the Father. But go to my brothers and tell them that I am returning to him who is my Father and their Father, my God and their God.” John 20:16-17 GNT

Themes
Betrayal
Hollow Hedonism
Running To Or Away From God?