There’s the belief that this song is about Bono’s relationship with Ali and his family. On U2.com, Adam describes Bono when they were working on ATYCLB:
‘Bono’s lyrics this time, in a sense, they’re less poetic, less romantic and more real. To me they’re much more about where he’s coming from and what he’s dealing with. I think this record has a great tenderness. And I’m sure it addresses the way he feels about the commitment to the band and to his family, to his children and Ali.’
On the Elevation tour show in Boston on June 6th, 2001, Bono said that the song was originally about a hangover; however, he now sees it as a gospel song due to the effect it had on Joey Ramone. Said Bono, “So this is a song that Joey Ramone loved… We played it to him while he was lying in his hospital bed a couple months back. It was the last song that Joey Ramone heard in his life here, and… That’s an amazing thing for someone who grew up as a fan of Joey Ramone, I can tell you that. Anyway, Joey turned this song about a hangover into a gospel song, I think. ‘Cause that’s the way I always hear it now, through Joey Ramone’s ears.”
Click here to download the guitar tab for In a little while
In a little while
Surely you’ll be mine
In a little while… I’ll be there
In a little while
This hurt will hurt no more
I’ll be home, love
When the night takes a deep breath
And the daylight has no air
If I crawl, if I come crawling home
Will you be there?
In a little while
I won’t be blown by every breeze
Friday night running
To Sunday on my knees
That girl, that girl, she’s mine
And I’ve know her since,
Since she was
A little girl with Spanish eyes
When I saw her first
In a pram they pushed her by
Oh my, my how you’ve grown
Well it’s been, it’s been… a little while
ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh
Slow down my beating heart
One man dreams one day to fly
A man takes a rocket ship into the skys
He lives on a star that’s dying in the night
And follows in the trail
The scatter of light
Turn it on, turn it on, you turn me on
Slow down my beating heart
Slowly, slowly love
Slow down my bleeding heart
Slowly, slowly love
Slow down my beating heart
Slowly, slowly love
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