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      • ACHTUNG BABY
      • ZOOROPA
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      • ALL THAT YOU CAN'T LEAVE BEHIND
      • HOW TO DISMANTLE AN ATOMIC BOMB
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      • 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

IRIS (HOLD ME CLOSE)


The ache
In my heart

Is so much a part of who I am
Into the dark streets where the homeless groan, God speaks: "I've had enough; I'm on my way to heal the ache in the heart of the wretched." Psalm 12:5 MSG

Something in your eyes
Took a thousand years to get here
Something in your eyes
Took a thousand years
A thousand years
A thousand years in your sight are like a day that has just gone by, or like a watch in the night. Psalm 90:4 NIV

Hold me close
Hold me close
And don't let me go
With your very hands you formed me.... Oh, love meーand right now!ーhold me tight! just the way you promised. Now comfort me so I can live, really live. Psalm 119:73-80 MSG

But you
I'm sure I've met
Long before the night
The stars went out
We're meeting up again
Jesus: "And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also." John 14:3 KJV

See Themes
Before The Fall
God-Shaped Hole
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God In Relationships
​See Quotes
God-Shaped Hole

Heaven