Songs I like... (3 of 5)

Walk On - U2

And love is not the easy thing
The only baggage you can bring...
And love is not the easy thing....
The only baggage you can bring
Is all that you can't leave behind

And if the darkness is to keep us apart
And if the daylight feels like it's a long way off
And if your glass heart should crack
And for a second you turn back
Oh no, be strong

Walk on, walk on
What you got they can’t steal it
No they can’t even feel it
Walk on, walk on...
Stay safe tonight

You're packing a suitcase for a place none of us has been
A place that has to be believed to be seen
You could have flown away
A singing bird in an open cage
Who will only fly, only fly for freedom

Walk on, walk on
What you've got they can't deny it
Can’t sell it, can’t buy it
Walk on, walk on
Stay safe tonight

And I know it aches
And your heart it breaks
And you can only take so much
Walk on, walk on

Home… hard to know what it is if you’ve never had one
Home… I can’t say where it is but I know I'm going home
That's where the hurt is

I know it aches
How your heart it breaks
And you can only take so much
Walk on, walk on

Leave it behind
You've got to leave it behind
All that you fashion
All that you make
All that you build
All that you break
All that you measure
All that you steal
All this you can leave behind
All that you reason
All that you sense
All that you speak
All you dress up
All that you scheme…


My Thoughts

This is probably the one song that made me hold onto my faith. The past two years have been rather rough to the point where I began to even doubt that the God I worship existed. I began questioning as to why I was going through such a tough time in my life. To cut a long story short, Bono through this song encouraged me to just hang in there and keep going. He reminded me of what my faith is ultimately about. Love... Bono helped open my eyes and see that there is more to this life then suffering. If there’s one thing I’ve learned through my time of being under house arrest, it’s that love, just like life is not as simple as we sometimes make out. Despite this I’ve realized that all I got to do is just keep my head up and walk on… why? Because ultimately, there's some one out there worse off then me...

Were you challenged in any way by this song?