• 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

TRIP THROUGH YOUR WIRES


Still shakin', still in pain
You put me back back together again
I was cold and you clothed me, honey
I was down, and you lifted me, honey
Angel, angel or devil?
I was thirsty, and you wet my lips
Jesus: "When the Son of Man comes in His glory, and the holy angels with Him... he will set the sheep on His right hand, but the goats on the left. Then the King will say to those on His right hand, 'Come, you blessed of My father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world: for I was hungry and you gave Me food; I was thirsty and you gave Me drink; I was a stranger and you took Me in; I was naked and you clothed Me; I was sick and you visited Me; I was in prison and you came to Me." Matthew 25:31-36 NKJV

Jesus: "Then the righteous will answer Him, saying, 'Lord, when did we see You hungry... or thirsty... or naked... or... sick, or in prison, and come to You?' And the King will answer them, 'Assuredly, I say to you, inasmuch as you did it to one of the least of these My brethren, you did it to Me.'" Matthew 25:37-40 NKJV

I was broken, bent out of shape. I was naked in the clothes you made
Lips were dry, throat like rust
You gave me shelter from the heat and the dust
You have been a refuge for the poor, a refuge for the needy in their distress, a shelter from the storm and a shade from the heat.... the heat of the desert. Isaiah 25:4-5 NIV

See Themes​
Lost & Found
​See Quotes
​The Poor