Quite possibly my favorite U2 song too. If not then definitely in my top 5. Not least because of Adam's incredible bass playing and the fact that I'm a bassist too.
I'm quite sure the lyrics to this song have a strong 'stream of consciousness' thing going on. There's a video on YT of Bono singing gibberish to the music of this track which tells me that the lyrics were made to fit the music. That's not to say the lyrics don't have meaning. IMO, it's the description of someone who's not in love with his 'bride' after marrying her. Not sure if it's because he used to love her and doesn't anymore or that he loved someone else and didn't love his 'bride' in the first place ('virgin bride' would suggest the latter).
Quite possibly my favorite U2 song too. If not then definitely in my top 5. Not least because of Adam's incredible bass playing and the fact that I'm a bassist too.
I'm quite sure the lyrics to this song have a strong 'stream of consciousness' thing going on. There's a video on YT of Bono singing gibberish to the music of this track which tells me that the lyrics were made to fit the music. That's not to say the lyrics don't have meaning. IMO, it's the description of someone who's not in love with his 'bride' after marrying her. Not sure if it's because he used to love her and doesn't anymore or that he loved someone else and didn't love his 'bride' in the first place ('virgin bride' would suggest the latter).
[Edit: Typp]
Correction: 'he has loves' should be 'he loves'.
Correction: 'he has loves' should be 'he loves'.