I try to sing this song…I try to speak up, but only in you I'm complete
As a young man that was active in my church’s youth group, I remember this song justifying my liking of this “secular” band. This song seemed straight out of Psalms (Psalm 2 perhaps?) and what youth pastor could argue with that? Youth group was great for me in that it gave me sense of belonging. It really did make me feel more complete. Now, whether that was due to the influence of religion or of belong to a small group for the first time in my teenage life I cannot say.
There are several songs on the October album that are spiritual in nature, much more so than on the Boy album. Even though this is one of their worst selling albums, it is one of my favorites. I rediscovered this song when Audio Adrenaline covered it for the album “In the Name of Love: Artists United for Africa”. I am not an AA fan but they did a pretty good job on this song.
So what to make of this song? Why did a band that was the next big thing in rock and roll do something that might alienate people? I am not sure but maybe we chalk it up to being from Ireland (3/4 of the people are Roman Catholic and the Latin parts in the chorus sounds like it could be from that religion’s liturgy). I like it and I guess that is all that matters.
Jon
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