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Riff 1: Played During The Verses, Choruses And Breaks
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D|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------2h-4-4-2h-4-2h-4-2---------------2h-4-4-2h-4-2h-4-2|
E|4-4-2h-4-2h-4--------------------4-4-2h-4-2h-4-------------------|
Riff 2: This Is Played During The Bit, 'All The Promises We Make....'
G|---------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-----------------4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4|
E|4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-----------------4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4----------------|
Riff 3: This Is Played Just After The Second Chorus And At The
End Solo Just Listen For When To Play It
G|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------11-11-10h-11-13-11-10---------------------11-11-10h-11-13-11-10|
A|11-11-10h-11-13-11-10---------------------11-11-10h-11-13-11-10---------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
That's It, Enjoy
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Squid Average |
#1 by Squid at Sep 12, 2006 at 5:48 PM EST |
| It is a love song, sure, but everyone writes love songs. It tells of the intensity of desire and lust, the desire to be everything to someone, when really these promises are unfulfillable. So, it comes to the question of whether we can love within our limitations, or whether it will all end when our own human weaknesses are exposed. It's about love, but a fragile love, a love where the 'promises we make' are too grand to support. The narrator hear's all these promises from his lover, and they all sound wonderful, but they're unnecessary. He only wants her, everything else is a distraction. That's all well and good, but The Edge and the violin are really what brings this song from mediocre to great. The musical leads parallel the story, through miniature peaks and lulls, to the stirring climax after Bono shouts "You --- all I want is you ... ", as if the person is confronting the demons and choosing between love and lust, then into the gentle but restrained denouement, which seems to signify a comfortable satisfaction with intense feeling restrained below the surface. | |
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DANIEL Average |
#2 by DANIEL ROBEY at Oct 27, 2006 at 6:09 PM EST |
| This song is about obsession. The guy is obsessed with the girl who seems more obsessed with material things. He tells her the way he feels about her and how he doesn't need those material things because she gives him everything he wants | |
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Eric Average |
#3 by Eric Talley at Oct 28, 2006 at 12:51 AM EST |
| does anyone know, on the "best of 1980-1990" cd, what is the hidden track that comes after this? i never noticed it until today.. its really short.. i dunno. | |
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Punk rocks man! Average |
#4 by Punk rocks man! at Aug 5, 2007 at 8:56 PM EST |
| i really think it is a wonderful love song. it's just a simple statement that you ask for so much, but in the end all i want is you.... you know what i mean. it's simple. it's classic | |
