Friday, February 27, 2009

God's License Plate

Get used to it. I'm a U2 fanatic. The new album is coming out next week. So, more U2 musings. One of the songs is called, "Unknown Caller." The meaning of the song is clear...for those who have ears to hear. Bono calls Jeremiah 33:3 God's phone number--"Call to Me and I will answer you, and will tell you great and hidden things that you have not known." Other followers of Christ have called "Jer 333" God's license plate. Bono loves the verse so much that on the cover art to their 2001 album, "All That You Can't Leave Behind," they photo-shopped J33-3 as a gate in their picture in Charles De Gaulle Airport in Paris. Well, one of the lines of Unknown Caller is:
I was lost between the midnight and the dawning
In a place of no consequence or company
3:33 when the numbers fell off the clock face
Speed dialing with no signal at all

Clearly a reference again to Jer 33:3 (obviously there is no time on the clock of 33:3 so he had no choice but to use 3:33). It's a call to get quiet before the Lord and listen to Him in prayer. Read all the lyrics...

Sunshine, sunshine
Sunshine, sunshine

Oh, oh
Oh, oh

I was lost between the midnight and the dawning
In a place of no consequence or company
3:33 when the numbers fell off the clock face
Speed dialing with no signal at all

Go, shout it out, rise up
Oh, oh
Escape yourself, and gravity
Hear Me, cease to speak that I may speak
Shush now
Oh, oh
Force quit and move to trash

I was right there at the top of the bottom
On the edge of the known universe where I wanted to be
I had driven to the scene of the accident
And I sat there waiting for me

Restart and re-boot yourself
You're free to go
Oh, oh
Shout for joy if you get the chance
Password, you enter here, right now

Oh, oh
You know your name, so punch it in
Hear Me, cease to speak that I may speak
Shush now
Oh, oh
They don't move or say a thing

2 comments:

Traylor Lovvorn said...

Where are you getting all the lyrics before the album comes out? Are you in secret U2 fanclub?

The Bobosphere said...

I'll never tell