Digital Biblical Studies
Lyrics: U2 > Discography > Lyrics > Walk On Dedicated to Burmese academic turned politician Aung San Suu Kyi, “Walk On” reflects on steadfastness and sacrifice, urging listeners toward a life of spiritual integrity. The song’s repeated refrain, “Walk on, walk on,” calls to perseverance and faith, echoing biblical exhortations such as Joshua 1:9, “Be …
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Lyrics: U2 > Discography > Lyrics > Staring At The Sun “Staring at the Sun” is filled with biblical themes of truth, hypocrisy, and existential search for meaning. Stokes describes the song’s creation as almost accidental, revealing the complexity of its genesis and the layered meanings within. According to Stokes, “It was a completely different …
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Lyrics: U2 > Discography > Lyrics > Wake Up Dead Man “Wake Up Dead Man” illustrates the human struggle with belief in the presence of adversity. The song’s direct appeals to Jesus, “Jesus, Jesus help me,” echo biblical pleas for divine intervention, reflecting the Psalms’ raw emotionality where the psalmist often expresses feelings of abandonment …
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“Window in the Skies” is a song about spiritual freedom and divine love, saturated with biblical allusions. The liberation conveyed by “The shackles are undone” reflects the biblical theme of being freed from sin’s grip, as expressed for example in Romans 6:22: “But now that you have been set free from sin and have become …
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The lyrics of “When Love Comes to Town” by U2 are a mosaic of biblical references. The Edge recalls the song’s genesis: “Bono came up with ‘When Love Comes To Town’. Bono thought the song was too traditional for us” (McCormick, 247). Yet the song’s traditional blues structure became the perfect vessel for B.B. King’s …
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