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MYSTERIOUS WAYS
Music by U2 - Lyrics by Bono & The Edge
(LIVE VERSION FROM POPMART TOUR - 1997)
Tune down your guitar 1/2 step.
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piano parto
It's alright ... it's alright
She moves in mysterious ways
It's alright ... it's alright
She moves in mysterious ways
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Johnny take a walk
With your sister the moon
Let her pale light in
To fill up your room
You've been living underground
Eating from a can
You've been running away
From what you don't understand
Love
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She's slippy
She's sliding down
She's gonna be there
When you hit the ground
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It's alright ... it's alright ... it's alright
She moves in mysterious ways
It's alright ... it's alright ... it's alright
She moves in mysterious ways
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Johnny take a dive
With your sister in the rain
Let her talk about the things
You can't explain
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To touch is to heal
To hurt is to steal
If you want to kiss the sky
Better learn how to kneel ... (on your knees boy!)
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She's the wave
She turns the tide
She sees the man inside the child
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It's alright ... it's alright ... it's alright
She moves in mysterious ways
It's alright ... it's alright ... it's alright
She moves in mysterious ways
It's alright ... it's alright
Lift my days ... light up my nights
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One day you'll look back
And you'll see
Where
You were held now
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By this love
While
You could stand
There
And not move on this moment
Follow this feeling
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It's alright ... it's alright ... it's alright
She moves in mysterious ways
It's alright ... it's alright ... it's alright
She moves in mysterious ways
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It's alright ... it's alright ... it's alright
She moves in mysterious ways
It's alright ... it's alright ... it's alright
We move throgh miracle days
Spirit moves in mysterious ways
She moves with it
She moves with it
Lift my days ... light up my nights
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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
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Lyssa CHAOS Average |
#1 by Lyssa CHAOS at Mar 1, 1974 at 2:44 PM EST |
| This is U2/Bono playing with the conventional view of God as masculine. If you substitute "He" for "She" through most or even all of the lyrics, you will see what I mean. After all, "He moves in mysterious ways" is a very common and familiar saying about God. These lyrics are most clearly about God: To touch is to heal To hurt is to steal If you want to kiss the sky Better learn how to kneel (on your knees boy) Seems clear to me. | |
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Bye! Average |
#2 by Bye! at Sep 23, 1979 at 5:56 PM EST |
| I think this song is about a two peoplewho share the same religious faith. A young man, maybe 18,19, early 20s and a slightly older more experianced woman. The young man is just barly learning about love between man and woman and the woman possible already has had a few broken relationships. These two are good friends and the woman is tring to teach this young man about love. I think the young man has a attraction for the woman and she probably plays a little on that because she is looking for love too but not from him. "She's slippy, You're sliding down, She'll be there when you hit the ground" I also think that the woman tries to teach him about Gods love too. Even though the young man dosent understand everything now when he learns it through experiance latter on in life, he will remember what she told him and it will be something that he can stand on latter in life. But the very fact that the woman is more mature than the young man and that she is not showing the same attraction to him as he shows to her, makes her seem mysterious to him. I can relate to the song because I have had a very identical experiance in my past. | |
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Matt Lead Player |
#3 by Matt Miller at Apr 12, 1990 at 12:17 AM EST |
| "Life My Days, Light Up My Nights" Love that line. Dunno much about the actual meaning. It could be religious like the one guy said Bono said (though I'll be skeptical till I see a link) but in any case, still a very cool song. | |
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Sam Average |
#4 by Sam Ordway at Dec 23, 1994 at 8:38 AM EST |
| I think Roman is righ. The John the Baptist" expaination makes a lot of sense. It fits. WHatever it means, i love this song! | |
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eric was here Professional Badass |
#5 by eric was here at Jul 2, 1999 at 3:45 PM EST |
| I agree with above comments, mostly. Didn't like it at first, but I borrowed Achtung Baby and it's really grown on me. | |
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Tye Musical Genius |
#6 by Tye williston at Jan 9, 2000 at 7:39 AM EST |
| I love this song, it's one of my all time favourite u2 songs. It is one of the few u2 songs that you can actually dance to as well. I am not religious so I tend to see the non-religious meanings in u2s songs, but the great thing about u2 is that most of their songs aren't explicitly about anything. They let you bring your own meaning to their songs, so that's cool. | |
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Perfect Pervers Rhythm Player |
#7 by Perfect Perversion™ at Aug 3, 2007 at 6:38 PM EST |
| " if you wanna kiss the sky better learn how to kneel,on your knees boy" I heard that part was about cunnilungus..lol | |
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