![]() ![]() ‘Not sucking on my thumb’ – says that I am not an innocent. ‘Afraid of what you’d find, if you stepped back inside’ – I think must be the Government of the Republic of Ireland who distance themselves from what is happening in Northern Ireland. Because while the two are separated as regards taxes, smuggling of cigarettes, liquor, and drugs in particular would always be rife. ‘I left in the duty free air’ – I’m sure that this refers to the smuggling between southern & northern Ireland. ‘I’m nearly great’ – perhaps this means Great Britain. God is good but will he listen – We can’t expect God to take sides. Referee won’t blow the whistle (there’s no end to this battle) This again refers to the fear of confronting the Northern Ireland problem.Īrmour plated suits & ties – British Government officials. That’s tricky, but I do know that ‘Those that can’t do, often have to preach’, refers to Bono himself because I have read that he understands that he is a preacher in this affair. ![]() The book is called ‘A history of the world in 10 ½ chapters’.Īn unwelcome creature stows away on Noah’s Ark. On the face of it, I see it as telling the Governments of both Ireland (North & South) and England that the situation will not disappear unless it is confronted and dealt with fairly.īut this is where I found what I think may be another connection and it led me to a book by Julian Barnes, who also wrote a book called ‘Staring at the sun’. I think that the voting system was unfair at the time but I’m not sure of the facts. Maybe ‘not the only one’ could refer to the British Government, who will not confront the political situation of the troubles. I think that the ‘Long hot summer’ may refer to this. There was an IRA ceasfire on 31st August 1994, which was broken and another on 19th July 1997. ‘It’s going to get sticker too’, means that we will need his glue all the more in the future. I think that possibly this may have a connection with this line in the song. This means that without God we are broken, but he holds us together with his glue. But I found a line from an American playwright, with an Irish Catholic background Eugene O’Neil which says:. I had always thought that the line ‘Stuck together with God’s glue’ referred to northern & southern Ireland, which I still think may be part of it. I can’t help but think that the first few lines do refer to the story about the students being partially blinded by the sun when taking drugs. Jesus said unto them, If ye were blind, ye should have no sin: but now ye say, We see therefore your sin remaineth. There is a passage in the Bible – John ch9: v41 However, roughly £100,000 was donated by the Irish government to "Defence Committees" in Catholic areas and according to historian Richard English, "there is now no doubt that some money did go from the Dublin government to the proto-Provisionals". This was not found to be the case when investigated in the Arms trial. There are allegations that the early Provisional IRA got off the ground due to arms and funding from the Fianna Fáil-led Irish government in 1969. Possibly referring to the Government of the Irish Republic. The river is the River Boyne, where the Irish and English armies faced each other in battle on opposite sides of the river.īeing ‘happy to go blind,’ is to turn a blind eye to what is going on and therefore not to have any guilt in the eyes of God for not trying to resolve the situation. I do know that the song refers to the troubles in Northern Ireland and if you take the 2nd song on the CD single of Staring At The Sun, which is North And South Of The River that also refers to the troubles. So although I don’t pretend to understand all the of the connections made in this song I have decided to go with what I’m pretty sure of and just tell you some of the possibilities I have discovered. The reason it has taken me so long to post is because I have discovered so much that I think is relevant to this song that I keep going around in never ending circles. I can’t put this off any longer and I know that if I keep looking there is so much more to this song than anyone could probably ever know. You want to see what the scratching brings This week it is (to continue the Pop theme) To date, we have listened to Vertigo (various conclusions reached), Discotheque (druggy/lovey 'throwaway' pop song), Please (heavy terrorism/love/God song). ![]()
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