I will be posting one day earlier this week, as I will be taking a short trip to celebrate LaRette’s step forward in her career. The second track that we will examine from U2’s How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb is Miracle Drug. Bono explains that this song was written former schoolmate Christopher Nolan, who was paralyzed from birth but through a medical breakthrough learned to communicate via a pointer attached to his forehead and eventually wrote several books.
For myself, I know that this song has always been one of my favorite songs in general.
I want a trip inside your head
Spend the day there
To hear the things you haven't said
And see what you might see
I want to hear you when you call
Do you feel anything at all?
I want to see your thoughts take shape
And walk right out
Freedom has a scent
Like the top of a new born baby's head
The songs are in your eyes
I see them when you smile
I've seen enough I'm not giving up
On a miracle drug
Of science and the human heart
There is no limit
There is no failure here sweetheart
Just when you quit
I am you and you are mine
Love makes nonsense of space
And time will disappear
Love and logic keep us clear
Reason is on our side, love
The songs are in your eyes
I see them when you smile
I've had enough of romantic love
I'd give it up, yeah, I'd give it up
For a miracle, a miracle drug
A miracle drug
God I need your help tonight
Beneath the noise
Below the din
I hear your voice
It's whispering
In science and in medicine
"I was a stranger
You took me in"
The songs are in your eyes
I see them when you smile
I've had enough of romantic love
Yeah I'd give it up, yeah, I'd give it up
For a miracle, miracle drug
Miracle, miracle drug
The lyrics that have always stood out to me most in this song are the following: I am you and you are mine. Love makes nonsense of space
And time will disappear. Love and logic keep us clear. Reason is on our side, love. I think that when I was not in Christ and very very sick and the doctors were trying to figure out what was causing all of my severe neurological symptoms at the time, I really held onto these lyrics. I didn’t want more drugs. I wanted love, and it wasn’t romantic love I was looking for. At that moment, I wanted to know God’s love more than anything in this world, yet, it was the deceptive realm of the new age and false light version, yet, in the end, I have been brought back to that love, and I see how this song helped me hang on to dear life at times for how sick I was. I think as we go through life at times, and in these, I feel that we have lost touch with what true miracles in life are, and as a church, we need to be asking tough questions as to why they are not happening anymore.
I know that in my own quest for health and healing, and searching the scripture, it seems as if this is what Jesus calls us to do, and I think that the modern day pharisees in churches who continue to teach that miracles and healing are not for today, are flat out wrong, and maybe we, as a church, need to be having deeper discussions. I don’t think there is anything great about being in debt, poverty, sickness, being on 10 different drugs, with ten different side effects. I think we need to examine the quality of food, water, air, exercise, and the way we think, speak, and act, and what really matters in life. As my saying goes, “Don’t wait until death to prioritize love and accountability.” With that, each of you may have your own version of what miracles may look like. For me, in the end, this song is not about taking a drug, but a longing for true connection, miracles happening daily and meaningful connections with those I love and in daily interactions with those I love and serve.
Enjoy the song below and enter into prayer and see how this song may help you on your own journey.
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