Behind the song: I will follow

March 29th, 2006

Lagu yang diproduseri oleh Steve Lillywhite dan direkam di Dublin’s Windmill Lane Studios ini sepertinya memang ditakdirkan untuk menjadi salah satu lagu “live” yang difavoritkan.

Irish Hewson meninggal pada tanggal 10 September 1974 akibat pendarahan otak. Tragis, karena kejadian tersebut terjadi setelah pemakaman ayahnya di pemakaman militer Blackhorse Avenue, Dublin.
Paul Hewson a.k.a Bono baru berusia 14 tahun saat itu.
Masa remaja yang dialaminya dalam keadaan gamang tersebut terekam dengan sangat muram dalam lagu pembuka album BOY.

Jika kita menyimak dengan lebih detail masa kanak-kanak hingga remaja yang dialami oleh sang vokalis, maka kita tentunya boleh beranggapan bahwa masa lalunya itulah yang kemudian menjadi motivator paling powerful atas apa yang ia kerjakan saat ini.

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I was on the outside when you said You said you needed me
I was looking at myself
I was blind,I could not see

A boy tries hard to be a man
His mother takes him by the hand
If he stops to think, he starts to cry
Oh why

If you walk away, walk away
I walk away, walk away
I will follow

If you walk away, walk away
I walk away, walk away
I will follow
I will follow

I was on the inside
When they pulled the four walls down
I was looking through the window
I was lost, I am found

Walk away, walk away
Walk away, walk away
I will follow
If you walk away, walk away
I walk away, walk away
I will follow
I will follow

Your eyes make a circle
I see you when you go in there
Your eyes
Your eyes
Your eyes
Your eyes

If you walk away, walk away
I walk away, walk away
I will follow
If you walk away, walk away
I walk away, walk away
I will follow
I will follow
I will follow
I will follow
I will follow
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