Bad

I heard this in a movie. It overpowered the scene. People always talk about how The Edge's guitar has a unique sound. Well, it's absolutely stunning in this song. So is the drumbeat.

I'm not even a fan of U2, but this is making me reconsider. Something about it connects. How we feel about people who live self-destructive lives. How heartbreaking sympathy can be. How hopeless.

In one version, he says the song is about a friend addicted to heroin. And how he would do anything he could to save him. And himself, to walk away and forget. How we long for communication. Human beings thrive on it. But how it eats us. How we punish ourselves for the sake of others. Only the good can be bad.



"He trampled himself, to extinguish himself"- D.H.L.