Where the Streets Have No Name

U2- "Where the Streets Have No Name"

"I want to run

I want to hide

I want to tear down the walls

That hold me inside

I want to reach out

And touch the flame

Where the streets have no name

I want to feel sunlight on my face

I see the dust cloud disappear

Without a trace

I want to take shelter from the poison rain

Where the streets have no name

Where the streets have no name

Where the streets have no name

We're still building

Then burning down love

Burning down love

And when I go there I go there with you

It's all I can do

The city's aflood

And our love turns to rust

We're beaten and blown by the wind

Trampled in dust

I'll show you a place

High on a desert plain

Where the streets have no name

Where the streets have no name

Where the streets have no name

We're still building

Then burning down love

Burning down love

And when I go there I go there with you

It's all I can do

Our love turns to rust

We're beaten and blown by the wind

Blown by the wind

Oh, and I see love

See our love turn to rust

We're beaten and blown by the wind

Blown by the wind

Oh, when I go there I go there with you

It's all I can do"

METAPHORS:
1. the "dust cloud" and "poison rain" are byproducts of the modern world
2. "We're still building then burning down love." We are destroying what we create
3. "The cities aflood, our love turns to rust." Selfishness and materialism are currently the cause of the metaphorical flooding of the world. We have to rise above these desires.

RHYME: most of the song, excluding the chorus, follows an AB-AB pattern of rhyme
1. "And touch the flame, where the streets have no name"
2. "I want to feel the sunlight on my face... Without a trace"
3. "And our love turns to rust... Trampled in dust"

METER:
The song is written in segments.
1. Opening verse
2. Verse 1
3. Chorus
4. Verse 2
5. Chorus
6. Verse 3

DICTION:
1. "Walls" in this context refers to the only object that is keeping him or her from expanding
2. "Flame" in this context means the warmth of the world outside of his or her own, escaping the reality of their own
3. "Rust" is used in this context to show age. As an object gets old, it begins to rust.