What was the song "Where the Streets Have No Name" about by U2?

Answer 1

There are those who think it's inspired by Belfast in Northern Ireland and the conflict that raged there. Then there are those who think it's inspired by the famine and poverty in Africa that Bono encountered when he travelled there with his wife, Ali.

There does not seen to be any clear interpretation of the words but it seems to basically be based on suffering of people, no matter where they're from.


Where the Streets have no name.

I want to run
I want to hide
I want to tear down the walls
That hold me inside
I want to reach out
And touch the flame
Where the streets have no name

I want to feel sunlight on my face
I see the dust cloud disappear
Without a trace
I want to take shelter from the poison rain
Where the streets have no name

Where the streets have no name
Where the streets have no name
We're still building
Then burning down love
Burning down love
And when I go there
I go there with you
It's all I can do

The city's aflood
And our love turns to rust
We're beaten and blown by the wind
Trampled in dust
I'll show you a place
High on a desert plain
Where the streets have no name

Where the streets have no name
Where the streets have no name
We're still building
Then burning down love
Burning down love
And when I go there
I go there with you
It's all I can do
Our love turns to rust
We're beaten and blown by the wind
Blown by the wind
Oh, and I see love
See our love turn to rust
We're beaten and blown by the wind
Blown by the wind
Oh, when I go there
I go there with you
It's all I can do

Answer 2

It's about Africa... or rather Ethiopia. In 1986 Bono and his wife Ali traveled to Ethiopia to get a first hand look at the famine in Africa. The line "We're still building and buring down love" is a remark to how Live Aid raised millions of dollars for Ethiopia but because they owed more than that to the U.S. in debt, the money raised was never used to help the problem. Later on, Bono would campaign effortlessly to drop the debt of many third world nations.

Answer 3

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Answer 4

I always thought it was about escaping to America. The Streets Have No Name, refering to the 1st Street and 42nd Street and so forth.

Answer 5

Its the definition of an Irish A-Z Atlas

Answer 6

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