"window in the skies"
Tuesday, December 19, 2006 Filed in: deep thoughts
to go piggyback off of the blog i posted about 20
seconds ago... i had another thought that goes right
along with what i said.
i've had this new U2 song "Window in the Skies" (off their new greatest hits album, U218 Singles) stuck in my head since the day it came out and i first heard it. (actually, the day after Stacy and i broke up.) this is a band who totally gets what i was talking about in the "All You Need is Love" blog. they sing about it... but they live it too.
look at the amazing things Bono's chosen to do with his fame. he has literally changed the world in huge ways. he's saved thousands of lives (or more) through the Drop the Debt, One, (product)red and Make Poverty History campaigns. he could easily be selfish and just enjoy being famous and successful... but he's chosen to leverage what he has to make a difference and show God's love in this world. and he's made it very easy for you and i to get involved. (www.joinred.com or www.one.org or www.data.org or www.makepovertyhistory.org or www.musicrising.org)
anyway... U2 has a tendancy to weave Christian themes into their music. (have you ever really listened to the lyrics of "Vertigo," or "Mysterious Ways?") this song, "Window in the Skies," is pretty blatantly about the story of God's love for us. (and it's sorta Beatles-esque in its sound.) here are the lyrics...
"Window in the Skies"
the shackles are undone
the bullet's quit the gun
the heat that's in the sun
will keep us when there's none
the rule has been disproved
the stone it has been moved
the grave is now a groove
all debts are removed
oh can't you see what love has done?
oh can't you see what love has done?
oh can't you see what love has done?
what it's done to me?
love makes strange enemies
makes love where love may please
the soul and it's striptease
hate brought to it's knees
the sky over our head
we can reach it from our bed
you let me in your heart
and out of my head
oh can't you see what love has done?
oh can't you see what love has done?
oh can't you see what love has done?
what it's done to me
please don't ever let me out of you
i've got no shame. oh no. oh no.
oh can't you see what love has done?
oh can't you see what love has done?
oh can't you see what love has done?
what it's doing to me
i know i hurt you and i made you cry
did everything but murder you and i
but, love left a window in the skies
and to love i rhapsodize
to every broken heart
for every heart that cries
love left a window in the skies
and to love i rhapsodize
i've had this new U2 song "Window in the Skies" (off their new greatest hits album, U218 Singles) stuck in my head since the day it came out and i first heard it. (actually, the day after Stacy and i broke up.) this is a band who totally gets what i was talking about in the "All You Need is Love" blog. they sing about it... but they live it too.
look at the amazing things Bono's chosen to do with his fame. he has literally changed the world in huge ways. he's saved thousands of lives (or more) through the Drop the Debt, One, (product)red and Make Poverty History campaigns. he could easily be selfish and just enjoy being famous and successful... but he's chosen to leverage what he has to make a difference and show God's love in this world. and he's made it very easy for you and i to get involved. (www.joinred.com or www.one.org or www.data.org or www.makepovertyhistory.org or www.musicrising.org)
anyway... U2 has a tendancy to weave Christian themes into their music. (have you ever really listened to the lyrics of "Vertigo," or "Mysterious Ways?") this song, "Window in the Skies," is pretty blatantly about the story of God's love for us. (and it's sorta Beatles-esque in its sound.) here are the lyrics...
"Window in the Skies"
the shackles are undone
the bullet's quit the gun
the heat that's in the sun
will keep us when there's none
the rule has been disproved
the stone it has been moved
the grave is now a groove
all debts are removed
oh can't you see what love has done?
oh can't you see what love has done?
oh can't you see what love has done?
what it's done to me?
love makes strange enemies
makes love where love may please
the soul and it's striptease
hate brought to it's knees
the sky over our head
we can reach it from our bed
you let me in your heart
and out of my head
oh can't you see what love has done?
oh can't you see what love has done?
oh can't you see what love has done?
what it's done to me
please don't ever let me out of you
i've got no shame. oh no. oh no.
oh can't you see what love has done?
oh can't you see what love has done?
oh can't you see what love has done?
what it's doing to me
i know i hurt you and i made you cry
did everything but murder you and i
but, love left a window in the skies
and to love i rhapsodize
to every broken heart
for every heart that cries
love left a window in the skies
and to love i rhapsodize