Going "Deep"

Two of my favorite songs for musical composition and "deep" lyrics.
The piano in ticking is unbelievable the way it captures the mood and tone of the lyrics.
So Cruel;
YouTube - U2 - So Cruel
Ticking;
YouTube - Elton John - Ticking (Caribou 10 of 13)
Lyrics......
Ticking;
An extremely quiet child they called you in your school reports
He's always taken interest in the subjects that he's taught
So what was it that brought the squad car screaming up your drive
To notify your parents of the manner in which you died
At St. Patricks every Sunday, Father Fletcher heard your sins
Oh, he's unconcerned with competition he never cares to win
But blood stained a young hand that never held a gun
And his parents never thought of him as their troubled son
Now you'll never get to Heaven Mama said
Remember Mama said
Ticking, ticking
Grow up straight and true blue
Run along to bed
Hear it, hear it, ticking, ticking
They had you holed up in a downtown bar screaming for a priest
Some gook said His brain's just snapped" then someone called the police
You'd knifed a Negro waiter who had tried to calm you down
Oh you'd pulled a gun and told them all to lay still on the ground
Promising to hurt no one, providing they were still
A young man tried to make a break, with tear-filled eyes you killed
That gun butt felt so smooth and warm cradled in your palm
Oh your childhood cried out in your head they mean to do you harm"
Don't ever ride on the devil's knee Mama said
Remember mama said
Ticking, ticking
Pay your penence well, my child
Fear where angels tread
Hear it, hear it, ticking, ticking
Within an hour the news had reached the media machine
A male caucasian with a gun had gone berserk in Queens
The area had been sealed off, the kids sent home from school
Fourteen people lying dead in a bar they called the Kicking Mule
Oh they pleaded to your sanity for the sake of those inside
Throw out your gun, walk out slow just keep your hands held high
But they pumped you full of rifle shells as you stepped out the door
Oh you danced in death like a marionette on the vengeance of the law
You've slept too long in silence Mama said
Remember Mama said
Ticking, ticking
Crazy boy, you'll only wind up with strange notions in your head
Hear it, hear it, ticking, ticking
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So Cruel;
We crossed the line
who pushed who over?
it doesn't matter to you
it matters to me
we're cut adrift
but still floating
i'm only hanging on
to watch you go down... my love
i disappeared in you
you disappeared from me
i gave you everything you ever wanted
it wasn't what you wanted
the men who love you, you hate the most
they pass through you like a ghost
they look for you but your spirit is in the air
baby... you're nowhere
you say in love there are no rules
sweetheart
you're so cruel
desperation is a tender trap
it gets you every time
you put your lips to her lips
to stop the lie
her skin is pale like God's only dove
screams like an angel for your love
then she makes you watch her from above
and you need her like a drug
you say in love there are no rules
seetheart
you're so cruel
she wears my love
like a see-through dress
her lips say one thing
her movements something else
oh love
like a screaming flower
love
dying every hour
and you don't know it it's fear or desire
danger the drug that takes you higher?
head of heaven
fingers in the mire
her heart is racing... you can't keep up
the night is bleeding like a cut
between the horses of love an lust
we are trampled underfoot
you say in love there are no rules
sweetheart
you're so cruel
to stay with you i'd be a fool
sweetheart
you're so cruel

 

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Bono writes from the heart IME
U2 songs meant a lot to me at the age of 17 - still does it now Im 45

Elton Johns lyrics surpised me to be honest - wrong music style for my tastes so never listened much to his work, but yes on reading these its an eye opener for me