I'm surprised no one else has mentioned the religious overtones of this song. I don't think it was an accident that the band used a gospel choir on the chorus. There's not one in this line that has to be about romantic love, rather than divine love, and the second verse sounds pretty spiritual to me:
"This mountain I must climb
Feels like a world upon my shoulders
Through the clouds I see love shine
It keeps me warm as life grows colder"
My take on it is it's like a number of U2 songs, in that it is simultaneously both about romantic love and about finding God. FYI, I'm not Christian nor am I particular religious, myself...but this interpretation makes a lot of sense to me.
@Alligator Boxer Yes. Watching the foreigner
video, you see both the girl, he finds that kind of love, and the choir, spiritual love. Thus the video suggests the song means both! It is my understanding that this song also did quite well on the gospel charts!
@Alligator Boxer Yes. Watching the foreigner
video, you see both the girl, he finds that kind of love, and the choir, spiritual love. Thus the video suggests the song means both! It is my understanding that this song also did quite well on the gospel charts!
I'm surprised no one else has mentioned the religious overtones of this song. I don't think it was an accident that the band used a gospel choir on the chorus. There's not one in this line that has to be about romantic love, rather than divine love, and the second verse sounds pretty spiritual to me:
"This mountain I must climb Feels like a world upon my shoulders Through the clouds I see love shine It keeps me warm as life grows colder"
My take on it is it's like a number of U2 songs, in that it is simultaneously both about romantic love and about finding God. FYI, I'm not Christian nor am I particular religious, myself...but this interpretation makes a lot of sense to me.
Hmmm, I think you may be on to something here. After all, Ted Haggard used to hum it while playing "hide the sausage" with teen boys.
Hmmm, I think you may be on to something here. After all, Ted Haggard used to hum it while playing "hide the sausage" with teen boys.
U2?
U2?
@Alligator Boxer Yes. Watching the foreigner video, you see both the girl, he finds that kind of love, and the choir, spiritual love. Thus the video suggests the song means both! It is my understanding that this song also did quite well on the gospel charts!
@Alligator Boxer Yes. Watching the foreigner video, you see both the girl, he finds that kind of love, and the choir, spiritual love. Thus the video suggests the song means both! It is my understanding that this song also did quite well on the gospel charts!