Some argue that the “she” throughout the song could refer to different things. The moon, the Holy Spirit, Mary, etc. All of these could apply and sound perfectly reasonable. The most logical explanation, though seems to be that the song could be about any woman. There’s a feeling that Bono idealizes women, putting them on pedestals, and that he feels they hold the power over a man. He falls at her feet in hopeless adoration and worship. “It’s about women in general,” Bono told Niall Stokes for his book Into the Heart. “It’s a song about a man living on little or no romance. It’s about a woman, but it’s addressed to him. He’s wrestling with different things, there’s a flash of anger and hurt here and there, but women don’t come out badly.”
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Johnny take a walk
With your sister the Moon
Let her pale light in
To fill up your room
You’ve been living underground… Eating from a can
You’ve been running away
From what you don’t understand
She’s slippy
Your’re sliding down
She’ll be there…
When you hit the ground
It’s alright… it’s alright… it’s alright
She moves in mysterious ways
It’s alright… it’s alright… it’s alright
She moves in mysterious ways
Johnny take a dive
With your sister in the rain
Let her talk about the things
You can’t explain
To touch is to heal
To hurt is to steal
If you want to kiss the sky…
Better learn how to kneel (… on your knees boy!)
She’s the wave
She turns the tide
She sees the man inside the child
It’s alright… it’s alright… it’s alright
She moves in mysterious ways
It’s alright… it’s alright… it’s alright
She moves in mysterious ways
It’s alright… it’s alright… it’s alright
She moves in mysterious ways
It’s alright… it’s alright… it’s alright
Lift my days… light up my nights
One day you’ll look back and you’ll see
Where you were held how by this love
While you could stand there
And not move on this moment
Follow this feeling
It’s alright… it’s alright… it’s alright
She moves in mysterious ways
It’s alright… it’s alright… it’s alright
We move through miracle days
Spirit moves in mysterious ways
She moves with it, she woves with it
Lift my days and light up my nights
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