This song can speak to anyone who has had a relationship with an emotionally closed off person. \n\nBut in terms of the inspiration for the song and its original meaning: it was written by Bono, Gavin Friday and Maurice Seezer for the soundtrack of the Jim Sheridan 1994 film In the Name of the Father. There is a demo with Bono\'s vocials. But Sheridan decided that a woman needed to sing, to represent "Mother Ireland".\nIt is therefore likely to have been originally about a strained relationship between a son and a father, and the son grieving for this father after his death - which is a big part of the film (and may have been inspired by Bono\'s own strained relationship with his father).
This song can speak to anyone who has had a relationship with an emotionally closed off person. \n\nBut in terms of the inspiration for the song and its original meaning: it was written by Bono, Gavin Friday and Maurice Seezer for the soundtrack of the Jim Sheridan 1994 film In the Name of the Father. There is a demo with Bono\'s vocials. But Sheridan decided that a woman needed to sing, to represent "Mother Ireland".\nIt is therefore likely to have been originally about a strained relationship between a son and a father, and the son grieving for this father after his death - which is a big part of the film (and may have been inspired by Bono\'s own strained relationship with his father).