California (There Is No End to Love)

When I have heard "California" I thought: this song is about love, beaches, friends and the dream to become a star. The acoustic session of this song is more awesome than the original version. When Bono sings “Everyone’s a star in our town” is about the personal dreams of people who moved there, to try something. Last week in Brazil I saw a video recorded in Acre, near Amazonia, in a most famous avenue in Rio Branco, capital. This song is playing and the sun is falling. Was a amazing view with the orange sunset, like the song. "California" is a hot song to a hot days. In Brazil we got hot days during nine or ten months of the year. Obviously, this is a great song to play on the radio, more than like "Every Breaking Wave" for example. "California" could be part of "Hot To Diasmantle an Atomic Bomb". It Got the same feeling, the same spirit, ideas.

This is a song about death and dying. The setting sun is an obvious metaphor. The singer is reflecting on the grief of a spouse or girlfriend who is mourning the death of a loved one. But the sadness is really an expression of love that continues on even after death. All we have is the stolen days (borrowed time) that we are allotted— but one’s love is eternal.