Originally posted by Sydney_MIke:I think they missed an opportunity with this song by not rewriting the lyrics to come from the current day Bono looking back on his 18 year old self. For example, instead of singing “I got spirit, I’ve got soul. I got some big ideas; I’m out of control” i.e singing in the present tense as an 18 year old, they should have changed it to be backwards looking: “I had spirit, I had soul. I had some big ideas; I was out of control”
Originally posted by Sydney_MIke:I think they missed an opportunity with this song by not rewriting the lyrics to come from the current day Bono looking back on his 18 year old self. For example, instead of singing “I got spirit, I’ve got soul. I got some big ideas; I’m out of control” i.e singing in the present tense as an 18 year old, they should have changed it to be backwards looking: “I had spirit, I had soul. I had some big ideas; I was out of control”
Originally posted by Papo:[..]
Maybe he still feels this way?
Who are we to tell the lyricist and singer what to sing?
I don't want to come across rude, but sometimes I really don't get some comments here.