From the very beginning U2 have had in their lyrics a strong element of faith and belief in God existing next to an extreme impatience with Him. Wake Up Dead Man has to be Bono at the utmost end of his patience. The song is a fervent and I think a very humble plea for God to finally step back in and help us sort out the Problem of Evil in this world. It just so happens that Bono here decides to describe the evil in the world by describing it as "fucked-up." I find it a trifle amusing that the song gets up the nose of a certain kind of Christian simply because of that. "Fucked-up" is perhaps the aptest possible description of the state of the world since Adam and Eve sinned in the Garden. Anyway, if you choose to be offended by U2's use of language here, more power to you, but please don't get hung up on that and miss the power of their appeal to God--one which I think is legitimately amplified by their use of obscenity.
I was once reading on a Irish slain site that the "F-word" but not carry the strong meaning that it does in America. I don't use that word but I agree that the world since the fall is messed-up.
I was once reading on a Irish slain site that the "F-word" but not carry the strong meaning that it does in America. I don't use that word but I agree that the world since the fall is messed-up.
From the very beginning U2 have had in their lyrics a strong element of faith and belief in God existing next to an extreme impatience with Him. Wake Up Dead Man has to be Bono at the utmost end of his patience. The song is a fervent and I think a very humble plea for God to finally step back in and help us sort out the Problem of Evil in this world. It just so happens that Bono here decides to describe the evil in the world by describing it as "fucked-up." I find it a trifle amusing that the song gets up the nose of a certain kind of Christian simply because of that. "Fucked-up" is perhaps the aptest possible description of the state of the world since Adam and Eve sinned in the Garden. Anyway, if you choose to be offended by U2's use of language here, more power to you, but please don't get hung up on that and miss the power of their appeal to God--one which I think is legitimately amplified by their use of obscenity.
I was once reading on a Irish slain site that the "F-word" but not carry the strong meaning that it does in America. I don't use that word but I agree that the world since the fall is messed-up.
I was once reading on a Irish slain site that the "F-word" but not carry the strong meaning that it does in America. I don't use that word but I agree that the world since the fall is messed-up.