Sleep
Sleep tonight
And may your dreams
Be realized
If the thunder cloud
Passes rain
So let it rain
Rain down on him
So let it be
So let it be
Sleep
Sleep tonight
And may your dreams
Be realized
If the thundercloud
Passes rain
So let it rain
Let it rain
Rain on him
Just curious--the lyrics for MLK on the official U2 website say, "So let it rain, let it rain Rain down on he," not 'on him.' You suppose that's a typo, or does it affect the syntax in some muted way?
Also, the Macphisto site has it yet a different way: In the first stanza it's "So let it rain Rain down him," and in the second it's, "Let it rain Rain on him." To me, this change in syntax does change the meaning from a more general rain/cycle of life observation to a specific let MLK's ideals and qualities, his dream, rain down.
Thoughts? Is there an official lyric?
I didn't know this was a U2 song but I discovered this piece on a CD of choir music:
I didn't know this was a U2 song but I discovered this piece on a CD of choir music:
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Nestled among more harmonically complex works, this one stood out for me with its simple beauty and power. Plus, the singing by the university of North Texas' chamber choir is superb.
Nestled among more harmonically complex works, this one stood out for me with its simple beauty and power. Plus, the singing by the university of North Texas' chamber choir is superb.
May your dreams be realized - about his famous ' I have a dream ' speech
MLK is brillant piece of work about Martin Luther King.
I love this song. What's great about it us the desicion to just keep it real simple. Bono singing a capella with synth, and basic chords added. Really awesome.
MLK was a genius, but also brave for standing up and saying what needs to be heard everyday. I wish the Dream speach could be played daily nationwide. Either way, beautiful song and by FAR the Best album is Unforgettable Fire. Too many songs on here are pure heart and soul of U2. Can't wait to see them on this 2005 tour!
A brilliant tribute to a brilliant man.
dizmark, I agree totally that the the "I have a dream" speech should be played daily, just think how much better people would treat each other, if everybody started their day with those words still ringing in their ears...
This song was originally chosen for the end sequence of the movie Donnie Darko but was then changed to Gary Jules' over of the Tears for Fears song Mad World
This is so much different than all the other U2 songs. I really like it a lot, it's a very good bedtime song as well. I heard Bono comment on it in the Rolling Stone interview and he told a funny story about it. He said that he was in his car in front of the traffic lights when it was played on the radio. A lot of people where staring at him and he blushed terribly. Not because of the stares but because he thought his voice sounded like a girls voice! He said he sang the song to high.
@Anne Marie Even the most confident singer can doubt themselves! His perception was 'it was a girls voice' my perception of reality is that he sang it 'perfectly'
@Anne Marie Even the most confident singer can doubt themselves! His perception was 'it was a girls voice' my perception of reality is that he sang it 'perfectly'
My perception of the lyrics is this:
My perception of the lyrics is this:
Sleep, sleep tonight and may your dreams be REALIZED! If the thundercloud passes rain, so let it rain, REIGN on him!
Sleep, sleep tonight and may your dreams be REALIZED! If the thundercloud passes rain, so let it rain, REIGN on him!
this song is a perfect example to what music can do, and mean to a human being; yes it is about Martin Luther King but in my experience it is also about me when i am dead, this will be playing when i am dead and my son bono will sing along..
This song is about The King, yes, but not Martin Luther King. I think it has much deeper connotations than is at first obvious... it's only taken me 23 years to realise it! HA! "The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes" - Marcel Proust.