Waves of Sorrow...

I spent yesterday communing with thousands of other people at B.C. Place for a tailgate party and the football game. It made me think a lot about church etc (not to suggest that tailgate should replace church, just made me think about it, mostly that churches should maybe have food as a more central element and invitation).

Anyways, U2 is releasing a song that was supposed to be on the Joshua Tree (in 5 top five "albums/cassette/cd's" of all time--which could be another blog entry...)
Anyways, the lyrics are stirring (I don't think I've used the word stirring in a long, long time). The songs comes out on November 20.

Wave of Sorrow
by U2

Heat haze rising
On hell’s own hill
You wake up this morning
It took an act of will
You walk through the night
To get here today
To bring your children
To give them away

Oh… oh this cruel sun
Is daylight never done
Cruelty just begun
To make a shadow of everyone

And if the rain came
And if the rain came now

Souls bent over without a breeze
Blankets on burning trees
I’m sick without disease
Nobility on it’s knees

And if the rain came
And if the rain came now
Would it wash us all away
On a wave of sorrow
Away
On a wave of sorrow

Where now the holy cities?
Where are the ancient holy scrolls?
Where now Emperor Menelek?
And the Queen of Sheba’s gold

You my bride, you wear her crown
And on your finger precious stones
Has every good thing now been sold

Son, a shepherd boy, now king
What wisdom can you bring?
What lyric would you sing?
Where is the music of the Seraphim?

And if the rain came
And if the rain came now
Would it wash us all away
On a wave of sorrow
Away
A wave of sorrow

Blessed are the meek who scratch in the dirt
For they shall inherit what’s left of the earth
Blessed are the kings who’ve left their thrones
They are buried in this valley of dry bones

Blessed all of you with an empty heart
For you got nothing from which you cannot part
Blessed is the ego
It’s all we got this hour

Blessed is the voice that speaks truth to power
Blessed is the sex worker who sold her body tonight
She used what she got
To save her children’s life

Blessed are you, the deaf who cannot hear a scream
Blessed are the stupid who can dream
Blessed are the tin canned cardboard slums
Blessed is the spirit that overcomes

The song, originally written for the Joshua Tree album, will be published on the re-mastered release on Nov. 20.