ok I may be able to settle this. I live in Dublin and 7 years ago had a girlfriend who was the elder daughter of a famous Irish film director. Some of you may be able to work out who it was. Anyway - and this is 100% true - I met Bono on approx 15 occasions. I did ask him about many U2 songs, being a huge fan, and most of which he didnt really share anything about but he did about Running to stand Still and a few others. He said, and I swear I do not lie, it is about drug addiction in the Ballymun flats (the seven towers). It is a song about despair and the drug addiction that gripped Ireland in the 1980's. Just thought I would settle this with admittedly off the cuff remarks from the horses mouth.
ok I may be able to settle this. I live in Dublin and 7 years ago had a girlfriend who was the elder daughter of a famous Irish film director. Some of you may be able to work out who it was. Anyway - and this is 100% true - I met Bono on approx 15 occasions. I did ask him about many U2 songs, being a huge fan, and most of which he didnt really share anything about but he did about Running to stand Still and a few others. He said, and I swear I do not lie, it is about drug addiction in the Ballymun flats (the seven towers). It is a song about despair and the drug addiction that gripped Ireland in the 1980's. Just thought I would settle this with admittedly off the cuff remarks from the horses mouth.