Tomorrow

I remember reading that Bono wrote this about the loss of his mother and going to her funeral.

Irish Princess is correct, it is about Bono's mother's funeral.

I heard Bono say in an interview that Tomorrow is an excact discription of his mothers funeral. He added he had no idea what the lyrics meant though. He said that in those days he wrote his songs way to fast, like in minutes. He regrets that now and he said that he was planning on finishing those lyrics someday.

I read the same interview where bono said that tomorrow was a song directly about his mother's funeral. this song has beautiful themes, and as an idea had so much potential. the irish music at the beginning is really good, and the first half of the song is beautiful and raw emotion. however, does anyone else think that when the beat speeds up and the song gets louder, that this ruins the song and its meaning? whenever i hear this song i stop it when it starts to get faster - this could have been such a beautiful song, and the first half of it is. a missed opportunity - a lost gem :(

This is a song about the loss of Bono's mother and her funeral; obviously a very difficult time in his life. To achtungbaby02, I think that the part where the song speeds up fits beautifully. Try to imagine it. You're 14 years old and you just lost your mother. You're hurt, you're tender, but even more than that, you're angry. I think the speeding up and the heavier vocal tone only adds more emphasis to the song's meaning. He is angry. Most of us feel that songs about sadness and loss should be slow and full of soul, but most of the time when we lose someone we love, we feel angry. We want to scream and shout and it's not always tender and beautiful. That part of "Tomorrow" only symbolizes another part of the grief process. He's mad and he doesn't understand why a God he believes so wholeheartedly in has taken his mother. That anger and that fast-paced part of the song is the the song's soul. It is the saddest, loneliest, and most heartbreaking part of "Tomorrow". You definately should not skip it because to listen to only the first half is to turn a blind eye to the kind of raw emotional power he exhibits. When a young man is in great pain and grief, how can anyone say that any part of what he feels (and in Bono's case; writes and sings) is a missed opportunity? The (loud) part of the song is Bono voicing anger and frustration. Don't overlook it as him wanting to add a rock and roll twist to a power ballad. That is not what it is.

A truly heartbreaking song. It's one of my favorites, but it is very hard to listen to it for all the raw emotion in it. It's a lot to take in all at once, but the honest soul-searching backbone of U2 lies in songs like "Tomorrow" where you feel that they are speaking to you through their music. beautiful and sad, this song is the essence of U2.

hooked on this one

i think this is about a mother not wanting her son to join the IRA. the images of broken windows etc in the second verse lead me give that meaning to the song.

one of my favorites by U2. 'october' is their second tightest album, after 'actung baby' of course

I really feel strongly that this song is about the end of the world and Jesus coming back to take his followers back up to heaven with him. When he says "Outside, somebody's outside Somebody's knockin' at the door There's a black car parked on the side of the road Don't go to the door Don't go to the door

I'm going out I'm going outside, mother I'm going out there " I think he means that God is waiting for you to come to him and put your life into his hands, but that he won't force you, and that he is going, to give his life to Christ, even though he's scared. He knows that Jesus will be coming back for him, and he wants to let the whole world know how happy he is with Jesus by his side.

Somewhere in here, I also think there's a darker, more depressed meaning, but I'm too afraid to look. :P -J

I remember reading that Bono's grandfather died and his mother collapsed at the funeral with a brain hemorrhage. She died a few days later, leaving him without his strongest support. His father and older brother did not appreciate his being a dreamer, making the loss even harder to deal with.

this song is so heartbreaking=(