The song is about a person's faith being troubled by tragedy. It has been described by Bono in the book U2 by U2 as being told from "the point of view of someone who is having a crisis of faith looking at someone who has built their house upon the rock."
The song is about a person's faith being troubled by tragedy. It has been described by Bono in the book U2 by U2 as being told from "the point of view of someone who is having a crisis of faith looking at someone who has built their house upon the rock."