A bittersweet lament of a spurned lover still in love with the one that has rejected him. Possessiveness, jealousy, obsession, desperation, bitterness and masochism is woven throughout. Bono obviously drew on the experience of those closest to him, especially the break up of The Edge’s marriage. “That’s in there, but it’s unfair to lump it all on The Edge and Aislinn breaking up,” he told Niall Stokes. “That was one of the saddest things. But that was only one part of it. There were lots of other things going on internally within the band and outside it, and I was working through it. People are desperately trying to hold onto each other in a time when that’s very difficult. You see how unprepared for it all people are, and the deals they make. I think there’s very few people writing about this, really.”
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We crossed the line
Who pushed who over?
It doesn’t matter to you
It matters to me
We’re cut adrift…
But still floating
I’m only hanging on…
To watch you go down… My love
I disappeared in you
You disappeared from me
I gave you everything you ever wanted
It wasn’t what you wanted
The men who love you, you hate the most
They pass through you like a ghost
They look for you but your spirit is in the air
Baby… You’re nowhere
You say in love there are no rules
Sweetheart… You’re so cruel
Desparation is a tender trap
It gets you every time
You put your lips to her lips…
To stop the lie
Her skin is pale like God’s only dove
Screams like an angel for your love
Then she makes you watch her from above
And you need her like a drug
You say in love there are no rules
Sweetheart… You’re so cruel
She wears my love…
Like a see-through dress
Her lips say one thing
Her movements something else
Oh love… Like a screaming flower
Love… Dying every hour
And you don’t know if it’s fear or desire
Danger the drug that takes you higher
Head of heaven… Fingers in the mire
Her heart is racing… You can’t keep up
The night is bleeding like a cut
Between the horses of love and lust…
We are trampled underfoot
You say in love there are no rules
Sweetheart… You’re so cruel
To stay with you I’d be a fool
Sweetheart… You’re so cruel
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