• 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

LIGHT & DARKNESS


Twilight, darkened day
Twilight, lost my way
Twilight, night and day
Twilight, can't find my way. TWILIGHT
 
Ice, your only rivers run cold.
These city lights, they shine as silver and gold.
Dug from the night, your eyes as black as coal. THE UNFORGETTABLE FIRE
 
If I could… see you walk, walk away
Into the night, and through the rain
Into the half light and through the flame…
See you break, break away
Into the light and to the day. BAD
 
Set me alight, we'll punch a hole right through the night. IN GOD’S COUNTRY
 
No stars in the black night
Looks like the sky fall down.
No sun in the daylight
Looks like it's chained to the ground, chained to the ground. SILVER & GOLD
 
Blinded, you lost your way
In the side streets and the alleyways
Like a star exploding in the night
Filling up the city with broad daylight. ANGEL OF HARLEM

Heard a singer on the radio
Late last night
Says he's gonna kick the darkness
Till it bleeds daylight
I, I believe in love. GOD PART II
 
Lift my days, light up my nights. MYSTERIOUS WAYS
 
You know I need you to be strong
And the day it is dark, as the night is long.
Feel like trash, you make me feel clean.
I'm in the black, can't see or be seen.
Baby, baby, baby, light my way.
Alright now, baby, baby, baby, light my way. ULTRA VIOLET (LIGHT MY WAY)

My love is cruel as the night
She steals the sun and shuts out the light. SLOW DANCING

Midnight is where the day begins.
Midnight is where the day begins.
Lemon, see-through in the sunlight. LEMON

I will not forsake, the colours that you bring
But the nights you filled with fireworks
They left you with nothing
I am still enchanted by the light you brought to me
I still listen through your ears, and through your eyes I can see. STUCK IN A MOMENT YOU CAN’T GET OUT OF
 
And if the darkness is to keep us apart
And if the daylight feels like it's a long way off
And if your glass heart should crack
And for a second you turn back
Oh no, be strong. WALK ON
 
When the night takes a deep breath
And the daylight has no air
If I crawl, if I come crawling home
Will you be there? IN A LITTLE WHILE
 
A man... lives on a star that's dying in the night
And follows in the trail, the scatter of light. IN A LITTLE WHILE
 
Lights go down, it's dark. VERTIGO
  
Listen for me, I'll be shouting
Shouting to the darkness, squeeze out sparks of light. I’LL GO CRAZY IF I DON’T GO CRAZY TONIGHT
 
If there is a light you can’t always see
And there is a world we can’t always be
If there is a dark that we shouldn’t doubt
And there is a light, don’t let it go out. SONG FOR SOMEONE

The darkness just lets us see who we are
I've got your light inside of me. IRIS (HOLD ME CLOSE)

Prayers of fire on a raindog night
Young men see visions beyond sound or sight
The Velvets beginning to see the light
Amen. LUCIFER’S HANDS

You know you’re chasing the sunlight
That’s why I’m stayin’ up all night. THE SHOWMAN (LITTLE MORE BETTER)
 
The night gave you a song
A light had been turned on. THE LITTLE THINGS THAT GIVE YOU AWAY
 
When the lights go out
And you throw yourself about in the darkness where you learn to see
When the lights go out
Don't you ever doubt
The light that we can really be. THE BLACKOUT
 
Guard your innocence from hallucination
And know that darkness always gathers around the light. 13 (THERE IS A LIGHT)
 
There/If is a light you can’t always see
If there is a world we can’t always be
If there is a dark that we shouldn’t doubt
And there is a light, don’t let it go out. 13 (THERE IS A LIGHT)
 
Do you know your heart has its own mind?
Darkness gathers around the light
Hold on, hold on. 13 (THERE IS A LIGHT)
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