I think I used to think that I thought that I knew what this song was about. I think now that I think I was wrong. It has images from the Bible and the concepts of the death of Christ (Who tore the curtain and what was it for?) and the 2nd coming (He's coming back, O believe Him). However, it also seems to be rooted in the violence between Protestants and Catholics (or maybe the IRA is in there somewhere). A time that I cannot relate to when a knock on the door was something to be nervous about and being around when tomorrow came was not a promise but a hope.
I suppose the closest I can come to understanding this is the uncertainty at my company, specifically those people that I work with day to day. Even this afternoon I learned of 2 more co-workers who are now former co-workers due to cuts. Each of us wonders in one way or another if we will be here tomorrow. Some deal with this better than others. Some, like myself, just keep my head down and keep working in order to deal with this uncertainty. I treat most things in my life like this anyway and tend not to worry about things that I have no real control over (or very little control).
For the most part though I take Tomorrow for granted. I probably shouldn’t and I am sure there will be an event in my life sooner or (hopefully) later that will force me to stop assuming that Tomorrow will always come. Until then this will continue to be (yet another) U2 song that I cannot relate to.
Jon
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