on the first day of christmas

Not hopeless but hope-full. Bono is many things. And one of those is the most hopeful man on the planet. Ever since he and three of his mates strutted their stuff across the world’s stage, he’s been determined to change it. Sure, not much seems to have changed. But you’ve got to hand it to him. The man has hope. Yet as he opens this song, you wonder if he’s given up… Sick of sorrow, I’m sick of the pain I'm sick of hearing, again and again That there's gonna be peace on Earth At times during the song it feels like Bono can’t hit the necessary notes. Whilst he’d admit that’s a daily occurrence, on this song it’s as if… Jesus in the song you wrote The words are sticking in my throat Can he keep declaring there will be peace on earth? Can he hang onto hope? A younger Bono would’ve provided the answer. He would’ve stopped the show to tell us THE ANSWER whilst we all wished he’d just get on with the show. So, older and wiser he turns it ov...

    A great song about hope.  And for some reason whilst I was listening to this tune, this quote about hope from The Matrix popped into my mind... "Hope is the quintessential human delusion, simultaneously the source of your greatest strength and your greatest weakness." The Architect, Matrix Reloaded And then after that, other movie quotes about hope popped into my head... "Remember Red, hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things, and no good thing ever dies.   Andy, The Shawshank Redemption "What have they given us?" "Hope"   Princess Leia, Rogue One "The quest stands upon the edge of a knife. Stay but a little and it will fail, to the ruin of all. Yet hope remains while the company is true."   Galadriel, The Fellowship of the Ring "It's not an 'S'. On my world it means hope."   Superman, Man of Steel "Hope is the only thing stronger than fear. A little hope is effective. A lot of h...