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  Bono's Bible | Biblical Allusions in U2 Songs

WHERE THE STREETS HAVE NO NAME

I wanna run, I want to hide
I wanna tear down the walls
That hold me inside
I wanna reach out
And touch the flame
"Run, tell that young man, ‘Jerusalem will be a city without walls.... And I myself will be a wall of fire around it,’ declares the Lord, ‘and I will be its glory within.'" Zechariah 2:3-5 NIV
And touch the flame...
burning down love…
city’s a flood...
a place high on a desert plain  
Love is as powerful as death.... It bursts into flame and burns like a raging fire... no flood can drown it." Song of Solomon 8:6-7 GNT
Where the streets have no name
The great street of the city was of gold, as pure as transparent glass. Revelation 21:21 NIV
We're beaten and blown by the wind
Trampled in dust
I'll show you a place
High on a desert plain
But... the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind.... Believers in humble circumstances ought to take pride in their high position. But the rich should take pride in their humiliation—since they will pass away like a wild flower. For the sun rises with scorching heat and withers the plant... James 1:6-11 NIV 

I said, “Oh, that I had the wings of a dove! I would fly away and be at rest. I would flee far away and stay in the desert; I would hurry to my place of shelter, far from the tempest and storm.” Psalm 55:6-8 NIV

The Lord wraps himself in light as with a garment… and rides on the wings of the wind. He makes winds his messengers, flames of fire his servants. Psalm 104:2-4 NIV
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