still running to stand still

"you gotta cry without weeping... talk without speaking... scream without raising your voice..."



And so she woke up
Woke up from where she was lyin' still.
Said I gotta do something
About where we're goin.'

Step on a fast train
Step out of the driving rain, maybe
Run from the darkness in the night.
Singing ah, ah la la la de day
Ah la la la de day.

Sweet the sin, bitter the taste in my mouth.
I see seven towers, but I only see one way out.
You gotta cry without weeping, talk without speaking
Scream without raising your voice.
You know I took the poison, from the poison stream
Then I floated out of here, singing
Ah la la la de day
Ah la la la de day.

She walks through the streets
With her eyes painted red
Under black belly of cloud in the rain.
In through a doorway
She brings me white golden pearls
Stolen from the sea.

She is ragin'
She is ragin'
And the storm blows up in her eyes.
She will suffer the needle chill
She's running to stand still.
... still running... still running... still running...

Remastered and re-released Joshua tree 2007 is available with b-sides, rarities, demos and live DVD… One of my favorite albums and one of my only albums I can sit and listen through from beginning to end… I love this CD… it is my cohort niche album… brings back amazing moments and memories of years and friends past... it's one of my favorite songs on the album… my very fav being mothers of the disappeared… a truly amazing song!!!

… reminds me to stop and take a breath once in a while… so many times I find myself just running myself ragged only hoping to get to that destination where I can just stand still… if life could only be so easy… to just stop what I'm doing and take in all the beauty that is truly surrounding me… personal mini vacations…

running is how life moves for me… always going… always accomplishing…

The blatant meaning of the song is very apparent… relates to drug addiction… a problem for dublin's ballymena seven towers… an area of dublin similar to the projects… "i see seven towers, but I only see one way out" reference…

"we are all addicted to something." ~ bono

addiction…
something that constantly drive us… fuels us to keep going… motivates us… stirs our souls… gives us that sense of joy… calmness… beauty… relaxation… power… love… it fills a void… a necessary need… can be a bad thing; and equally be a good thing...

there is a storm blowing up in my eyes…

i am waking up from a trance…

... i don't know really how exactly i got here or what it is exactly that i need to do next…

i just know that i need to do something about where i'm heading… and i am open to suggestions... ???

So often we face such issues in life… it becomes difficult to cry, talk, scream… i love these lyrics…

"you gotta cry without weeping, talk without speaking, scream without raising your voice..."

... for we live in a culture that doesn't necessarily want to see these weaknesses… as a culture... it's supposed to be better to stay strong... not show our fear or let our feelings show… so hard to do at times when life is hard and all you want to do is weep like a willow tree… yell and scream at the top of your voice…

… I continue to be reminded that some things will never change… but, throughout it all there remain some constant truths that i accept…

love wins…

life carries on…

and i'll continue running to stand still…

- jill marshon