UR Lyrics Found in U2's "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For"?

[Tim B]

One of my favorite bands is U2, and one of my favorite songs by them is "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For". Now, I've heard that Bono (the lead singer of U2) is a Universalist, and I also know that he is a Christian. It was interesting though, because right after I became to believe in UR, I was listening to this particular song and I finally realized what I think some of the songs lyrics are referring to: universal reconciliation (or, at least, all coming to God)!

Mainly, this line:

"I believe in the Kingdom Come
Then all the colours will bleed into one."

I don't know about you, but this sounds like UR based lyrics to me!  :bigGrin:

Note: I'm not sure whether Bono would fall under the general idea of Universalist (the idea that all, in some way or another, pray to the same God and come to God, roughly), or if he is specifically a URist. But I thought the lyrics interesting nonetheless.

BTW, here's the entirety of the song:

I STILL HAVEN'T FOUND WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR
I have climbed the highest mountains
I have run through the fields
Only to be with you
Only to be with you.

I have run, I have crawled
I have scaled these city walls
These city walls
Only to be with you.

But I still haven't found
What I'm looking for.
But I still haven't found
What I'm looking for.

I have kissed honey lips
Felt the healing in her finger tips
It burned like fire
(I was) burning inside her.

I have spoke with the tongue of angels
I have held the hand of a devil
It was warm in the night
I was cold as a stone.

But I still haven't found
What I'm looking for.
But I still haven't found
What I'm looking for.

I believe in the Kingdom Come
Then all the colours will bleed into one
Bleed into one.
But yes, I'm still running.

You broke the bonds
And you loosed the chains
Carried the cross of my shame
Oh my shame, you know I believe it.

But I still haven't found
What I'm looking for.
But I still haven't found
What I'm looking for.

But I still haven't found
What I'm looking for.
But I still haven't found
What I'm looking for.

[WhiteWings]

U2 = Universalist Too  :winkgrin:

Personally i don't see much UR in that song. Just as well could be a ET song. (they also believe in the Kingdom)

[Tim B]

U2 = Universalist Too  :winkgrin:

Nice!  :bigGrin:

Personally i don't see much UR in that song. Just as well could be a ET song. (they also believe in the Kingdom)

Well, I didn't mean the entire song was UR sounding, but that particular line, about all the colors bleeding into one, reminds me of the verse that says God will be "all in all." It's like the lyrics are saying something along the lines of: all colors, or all things, will bleed into one, that is, into the ONE God. ^_^

[chuckt]

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Born to a Roman Catholic father and a Protestant mother in the sectarian strife of 1960s Ireland, U2 frontman Bono has more than a few reasons to distrust organized religion.

Far too often, Bono did not see his experience of Christian faith reflected in what he saw as a preachy moralism that neglects the poor and usually "gets in the way of God."

So Bono was as surprised as anyone to find himself the keynote speaker at Thursday's (Feb. 2) National Prayer Breakfast. Not only that, he was extolling churches and faith communities for their efforts in his global crusade to rescue Africa from disease, debt and economic destruction.

"I have avoided religious people for most of my life," Bono told more than 3,000 mostly evangelical attendees. Later, he sheepishly admitted that he's "started to like these church people."

After years of running from organized religion, Bono says he can now embrace it, warts and all, as a pragmatic partner. And especially in the United States, Bono realizes that any effort at social change must include an appeal to Americans' faith-based instincts.

Bono credits religious groups for progress in his humanitarian campaign, and the newfound alliance suggests that (his most famous lyrics
notwithstanding) perhaps he's finally "found what I'm looking for" -- a partner he can work with.

During a meeting with a half-dozen reporters after his speech, Bono munched on muffins and cantaloupe as he mused about the role of Christian faith generally, and the church's infrastructure specifically, in confronting famine, disease and poverty.

His strategy seems to be three-fold.

For one, Bono brings his own personal faith to bear, one that is deeply personal and not necessarily shaped by the four walls of the church. He finds hope in Jesus' Sermon on the Mount, inspiration in the Hebrew prophets and solace in the idea of undeserved grace.

Although U2's lyrics have been picked apart for their explicit and implicit Christian imagery, Bono has sometimes been reluctant to embrace the "Christian" label for himself, often because of his own shortcomings.

And he's the first to admit he's not a theologian. "I appreciate the absurdities of being a rock star quoting the Scriptures" he said.

Nonetheless, he can quote entire sections of Scripture -- he used his childhood Bible to prepare for Thursday's speech -- and talks in terms of national "tithing" on foreign aid, and the Bible's 2,100-plus verses on poverty.

"This is the leprosy of our age," Bono said, linking HIV/AIDS with the plagues of Jesus' day, in a hotel room after the breakfast. "It couldn't be more poignant, from a scriptural point of view, that this is on God's mind, that this is Jesus' point of view."

For years, many evangelicals -- Bono's target audience on Thursday -- weren't sure what to make of the drinking, partying, salty-mouthed Irishman and his rock band.

In recent years, much of that skepticism has fallen away. "He's a doer,"
President Bush said of Bono at the breakfast. "The thing about this good citizen of the world is he's used his position to get things done."

Bono is now widely seen as summoning Christians to a higher calling.

"He's ready to be used by God in whatever ways he can," said the Rev.
Richard Cizik, the Washington-based director for the National Association of Evangelicals, "and if we were all so willing, the world would be a better place."

Bono's personal faith impacts and informs the second thrust of his work, which is an appeal for a 21st century reimagining of Christian essentials.
It's an effort to sidestep divisive issues of sexual morality and partisan politics for a return to caring for the "least of these."

He has openly criticized Western governments for not spending more on foreign aid, especially for drugs that treat AIDS, schooling for African children and mosquito nets to prevent the spread of malaria.

"God will not accept that," Bono chided the prayer breakfast. "Mine won't, at least. Will yours?"

Bono has been willing to work with almost anyone who will listen -- Catholic, Protestant, Jewish, Muslim -- to harness the power of faith groups to aid the poor.

"He's reminding church leaders that hey, wake up, you should be heading this up," said Canadian author Robert Vagacs, who wrote "Religious Nuts, Political Fanatics: U2 in Theological Perspective," published last November.
"A rock star should not have to be heading this up."

But Bono is no ordinary rock star. After all, he didn't win Time's "Person of the Year" designation in 2005 with Bill and Melinda Gates for his musical abilities.

Bono's work with churches reflects just how politically savvy he is, and underscores his third goal, which is harnassing the power of American religion to shape the outcome of American politics, or at least the U.S.
budget.

Bono has worked with Republican George W. Bush and Democrat Bill Clinton, conservative religious broadcaster Pat Robertson and progressive preacher Jim Wallis. America's strong religious identity has actually made it easier to preach his social gospel here than in Europe, which is now largely secular, he said.

"The church," he said after the breakfast, "is a much bigger crowd than even the stadium-sized crowds that we play to in U2."

At the same time, however, Bono has been openly critical of American faith and the "so-called Christian society" that he says is held captive by the bottom line and colored by notions of sin and punishment. Nonetheless, he continues to look for partners wherever he can find them.

"I think it was ... a very strategic decision that if we're going to have a broad movement, we can't just have people we like," said Christian Scharen, a theology professor at Yale Divinity School with an upcoming book about U2.

And, to an extent that he even once thought unthinkable, Bono is willing to work with those he once ignored.

"If me, 10 years ago, had heard what I am saying," he said, "I wouldn't have believed me."
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[WhiteWings]

all the colors bleeding into one

Made me think about no more racism....

U2 is a good defenition of hell for me. Listining to that %!%3$5 for eternity.... :msealed:

Up the irons!

[rosered]

 I like some of U2'S music as well  


 this one  is pretty meaniful too ... :thumbsup:

 :icon_flower:
ONE

Is it getting better
Or do you feel the same
Will it make it easier on you now
You got someone to blame
You say...

One love
One life
When it's one need
In the night
One love
We get to share it
Leaves you baby if you
Don't care for it

Did I disappoint you
Or leave a bad taste in your mouth
You act like you never had love
And you want me to go without
Well it's...

Too late
Tonight
To drag the past out into the light
We're one, but we're not the same
We get to
Carry each other
Carry each other
One...

Have you come here for forgiveness
Have you come to raise the dead
Have you come here to play Jesus
To the lepers in your head

Did I ask too much
More than a lot
You gave me nothing
Now it's all I got
We're one
But we're not the same
Well we
Hurt each other
Then we do it again
You say
Love is a temple
Love a higher law
Love is a temple
Love the higher law
You ask me to enter
But then you make me crawl
And I can't be holding on
To what you got
When all you got is hurt

One love
One blood
One life
You got to do what you should
One life
With each other
Sisters
Brothers
One life
But we're not the same
We get to
Carry each other
Carry each other

One...life

One

 Seems  that organized religion along with the self righteousness
of certain ''cliques '' makes everyone head for the other  direction but that is  showbiz   and hyprocrisy  

 Jesus told us/them do as'' they say'' not as ''they do ''....

 what do they do ? judge according to the flesh maybe ?
 I still wonder about that some ........
 

  I believe forgiveness is a big part of  having peace of Christ in your heart though ..  :HeartThrob:
 

[Fang_Diachi]

all the colors bleeding into one

Made me think about no more racism....

U2 is a good defenition of hell for me. Listining to that %!%3$5 for eternity.... :msealed:

Up the irons!

Amen. =.=*