Running to Stand Still

I know this song was originally written about drug addiction, but it speaks to my struggles with my flesh and my desire to stop running from things that seem to control me. We spend so much time and expend so much energy running when our deepest longing is to be free and stand firm. This song haunts me, but it carries an ethereal beauty that draws me to leave my CD on repeat for entire car rides. Bono sings with such emotion and passion. He doesn't have a classic great voice, it's just raw and real. I love it when I get this song stuck in my head on a long run, especially if I'm running through the woods. It somewhat personifies the peace that I find when I'm out running, just me, my Father and my beloved city. (Sometimes Thaddeus runs with me too)

Running to Stand Still (Watch an awesome live version)

And so she woke up from where she was lying still
Said we got to do something about where were going
Step on a steam train
Step out of the driving rain
Maybe run from the darkness in the night
Singing ha la la la de daySinging ha la la la de day
Sweet the sin
But the bitter taste in my mouth
I see seven towers
But I only see one way out
You got to 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 ha la la la de day
Singing ha la la la de day
She runs through the streets
With her eyes painted red
Under black belly of cloud in the rain
In through a doorway she brings me White gold and pearls stolen from the sea
She is raging She is raging and the storm blows up in her eyes
She will suffer the needle chill
She is running to stand still