Bono describes the song as dealing with the "desires a poetry as cold and as passionate as the dawn', and I wanted to write about the cold passion of great relationships.... It's about the knowingness that you need to help get your partner through their life, and vice versa".
It's a meditation on the deep, often unspoken, bond that forms between people who share a life together, acknowledging both the warmth and the chill of commitment. Bono's lyrics suggest that love isn't just about moments of fiery passion but also about helping one another navigate life's challenges with an intimate understanding. The "book" metaphor represents the personal, hidden chapters of a person's life, with partners becoming co-authors, helping each other write the most important stories of their lives.
Right at the start
You put this into words
How you think we should proceed, yeah
You wanted me alone
With the pictures that you've seen
Of where you haven't been
But where you want to go
Ask the leaf and ask the bird
Not to sing or speak a word
We are not fictitious characters
But we don't belong to this world
The book, the book of your heart
One tiny mark, an entry
In the book of your heart
It's written on skin
To even be in
The book of your heart
You can change your name, or even who you are
That's the beauty of the scar
That is the contract of the heart
This is our wedding day
This is the promise that we'll stay
Through the long descriptive passages
Where we don't know what to say
U2's 'Book Of Your Heart' lyrics from Songs of Experience (Deluxe Version)
Right at the start
You put this into words
How you think we should proceed, yeah
You wanted me alone
With the pictures that you've seen
Of where you haven't been
But where you want to go
Ask the leaf and ask the bird
Not to sing or speak a word
We are not fictitious characters
But we don't belong to this world
The book, the book of your heart
One tiny mark, an entry
In the book of your heart
It's written on skin
To even be in
The book of your heart
You can change your name, or even who you are
That's the beauty of the scar
That is the contract of the heart
This is our wedding day
This is the promise that we'll stay
Through the long descriptive passages
Where we don't know what to say
This song is only available as part of the deluxe version of the Songs of Experience album.
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