Walk On
Sun 16 December
U2
This is going to be the fourth single, then, and it's about this point that even those who never buy U2 albums will get a keen idea of where the collection is at. So far, we've had the expansive rock of "Beautiful Day," the lilt of "Stuck In A Moment..." and the funk of "Elevation." Now we bring all three influences together to the nexus of the album. With what passes for subtle irony when you're U2, these have been the first four tracks on the album.
Walk on, walk on
What you've got, they can't steal it.
No they can't even feel it.
The verses are downward looking, gradually getting lower until you think Bono's voice is going to crash through the floor. But he's only teasing, building to a soaring, swooping chorus, and a guitar lick from heaven. Or Three Rivers, I'm not sure which.
And I know it aches
Your heart it breaks
And you can only take so much.
This is a defiant track. It thumbs its nose at those who say that one can't manage to cope, insisting that so long as one can put one foot in front of another, and time is not of the essence, anything is possible.
The album dedicates this song to Aung San Suu Kyi, the woman on the telly at the end of the video.
The album, All That You Can't Leave Behind is probably going to win big at next year's Grammies.