These are all interesting views - I especially like the idea that this was to his wife (who, in a way, is stronger than him).
But I always thought (I have done no research) that this was Bono's view of Priests.
With all the evil in the world, they always seem to stay positive and motivated to keep teaching their flock, while the rest of us who care can easily be disheartened by all the evil we see (poverty, AIDS, terrorism, tsunamis, etc.).
I came up with that idea purely from the second-to-last stanza when he mentions the "holy book, when the rest of us choke."
These are all interesting views - I especially like the idea that this was to his wife (who, in a way, is stronger than him).
But I always thought (I have done no research) that this was Bono's view of Priests.
With all the evil in the world, they always seem to stay positive and motivated to keep teaching their flock, while the rest of us who care can easily be disheartened by all the evil we see (poverty, AIDS, terrorism, tsunamis, etc.).
I came up with that idea purely from the second-to-last stanza when he mentions the "holy book, when the rest of us choke."
Very interested in others views of my conjecture?