I still haven't found what I'm looking for

"I would aspire to be a soul singer", Bono once said, "A singer becomes a soul singer when he decides to reveal rather than conceal."
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This website (http://www.stocki.ni.org/u2/goodboys.phtml)has labelled U2's "I still haven't found what I'm looking for" the best hymn written this century. Obviously some people will frown and refute "how can a so-called christian grp name their song that, when we've already found Jesus! Surely Bono is a back-slidden christian"

Yes, we have found Jesus....but truth is, although we've been saved....we will never be fully fulfilled as long as we're on earth, in this state of fallen humanity. Our feeling of incompleteness points to the evidence of God doesn't it? I truly applaud U2 for their honesty in addressing their doubts, their struggles.

I was reading my bible the other day, and I also found some sort of connection with Song of Solomon and U2's song. I don't know if I'm stretching it, but it does seem quite possible if you compare the lyrics and the bible verses.

I like this verse in Song of Solomon, speaks of our earthly state of discontent
"Many waters cannot quench love,
Nor can the floods drown it,
If a man would give for love
All the wealth of his house
It would be utterly despised." Song of Solomon 8:7



I still haven't found what i'm looking for (U2)
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I have climbed highest mountain
I have run through the fields
Only to be with you
Only to be with you

I have run
I have crawled
I have scaled these city walls
These city walls
Only to be with you

But I still haven't found what I'm looking for
But I still haven't found what I'm looking for

[compare to Song of Solomon 3: 1-3
"By night on my bed I sought the one I love;
I sought him, but i did not find him.
"i will rise now," i said,
"And go about the city;
In the streets and in the squares
I will seek the one I love."
I sought him, but I did not find him.
The watchmen who go about the city found me,
To whom i said,
"Have you seen the one I love?" ]


I have kissed honey lips
Felt the healing in her fingertips
It burned like fire
This burning desire

[Song of Solomon 4:11
"Your lips, O my spouse,
Drip as the honeycomb;
Honey and milk are under your tongue"

Song of Solomon 8:6,7
"Set me as a seal upon your heart,
As a seal upon your arm;
For love is as strong as death,
Jealousy as cruel as the grave
Its flames are flames of fire
A most vehement flame.

Many waters cannot quench love,
Nor can the floods drown it,
If a man would give for love
All the wealth of his house
It would be utterly despised."]

I have spoke with the tongue of angels
I have held the hand of a devil
It was warm in the night
I was cold as a stone

But I still haven't found what I'm looking for
But I still haven't found what I'm looking for

I believe in the kingdom come
Then all the colors will bleed into one
Bleed into one
Well yes I'm still running

You broke the bonds and you
Loosed the chains
Carried the cross
Of my shame
Of my shame
You know I believed it


But I still haven't found what I'm looking for
But I still haven't found what I'm looking for
But I still haven't found what I'm looking for
But I still haven't found what I'm looking for...