Ain't Love the Sweetest Thing?

10 days.  It has been a long wait . . . well over a year with Bono's back injury.  For a while, I thought I had wasted a lot of money, but they rescheduled, and now it's only 10 days away.  I'm so excited.

I have my ticket.  Yes, ticket (singular).  When I purchased said ticket, I wanted the best seat available.    And it cost a pretty penny, so I only got one.  Yeah, that makes me a nerd. 

In celebration of 10 short days, I decided to do a top-10 list of my favorite U2 songs, and some of the best lines from them.  It's hard to narrow it down because they have so many good ones.

10.  Running To Stand Still, from "The Joshua Tree."
"Sweet the sin, bitter the taste in my mouth.
I see seven towers, but I only see one way out.
You gotta cry without weeping, talk without speaking
Scream without raising your voice."

9.   If God Will Send His Angels, from "Pop."
"Nobody made you do it
No one put words in your mouth.
Nobody here taking orders
When love took a train heading south."

8.  With Or Without You, from "The Joshua Tree."  Actually, the version on "Rattle and Hum" is my favorite.  Bono added another verse that I just love.
"We'll shine like stars in the summer night,
We'll shine like stars in the winter light,
One heart, one hope, one love."

7.  So Cruel, from "Achtung, Baby."  I recently rediscovered this song.  I love it.
"Her heart is racing you can't keep up.
The night is bleeding like a cut
Between the horses of love and lust we are trampled underfoot."

6.  Lemon, from "Zooropa." It took a while for this song to grow on me, but now it's just cool.
"A man builds a city, with banks and cathedrals.
A man melts the sand so he can see the world outside.
A man makes a car, and builds a road to run (them) on.
A man dreams of leaving, but he always stays behind."

5.  Stuck in a Moment You Can't Get Out Of, from "All That You Can't Leave Behind."  This song will always remind me of Europe; the first time I heard it, I was in a grocery store in Belgium.  It took me a minute, but once I realized it was my favorite band, I danced around in the aisle just listening to it.  I fell in love with that song there and then, even if my mission companion was totally embarrassed by me.
"I was unconscious, half asleep
The water is warm till you discover how deep...
I wasn't jumping... for me it was a fall
It's a long way down to nothing at all"."

4.  Miracle Drug, from "How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb." 
"Beneath the noise
Below the din
I hear a voice
It's whispering
In science and in medicine
'I was a stranger
You took me in.'"

3.  One, from "Achtung, Baby."  Actually, I prefer the live, orchestral version found on the "Miss Sarajevo" single.  Hauntingly beautiful.
"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."

2.  All I Want Is You, from "Rattle and Hum."  I love the strings in this one.  It just fills my soul (and it's the story of my life).
"You say you want diamonds on a ring of gold
Your story to remain untold
Your love not to grow cold.
All the promises we break, 
from the cradle to the grave
When all I want is you."

1.  Stay (Faraway, So Close), from "Zooropa." 
"And if you look, you look through me
And when you talk, you talk at me
And when I touch you, you don't feel a thing."

 There is so much thought put into these songs, I feel like I get to know myself better through them.  Yes, I'm a total U2 nerd, and I'm so excited for the concert that I can hardly stand it.  I know most of y'all don't really care, but too bad.  It's my blog.