U2
Stay (Faraway, So Close!)

THE REVIEW

The impossible.
The feat of turning a vague yet melancholic and misunderstood text into a stadium anthem.

The Zoo TV, Achtung Baby, and Zooropa.
Their "era" that I love the most.

As some of you may have noticed, I prefer writing thoughts and impressions about singles rather than albums.
In this case, I think it's better because for the two albums mentioned, there are a total of 13 reviews and I don't think it's necessary for me to write the usual already known anecdotes about U2.

So I decided to review my favorite song by the 4 Irishmen (despite everything they've released, I love it), released as a single in 1993 and included in the soundtrack of Wenders' film Faraway, So Close!.

Bono in the studio with Flood, working on the lyrics of a demo to be delivered to Frank Sinatra, brings out closed shopping centers, the night, traffic lights, and gray mornings.

Words never spoken, wrong advice to give to oneself, and fear. Fear of not being heard. Fear that the night is not enough.

You know that song that causes you a strong sense of sadness? That song that's a punch to the heart?

Mine is Stay without a shadow of a doubt, and I waited a long time before writing about U2 because I didn't know where to start, and if I would be capable. Maybe I've only written nonsense, but it doesn't matter, we all have a song,
that song that causes that break inside.

Picking up a guitar and playing that opening E is enough for me to realize it now.

And if you listen I can't call
And if you jump, you just might fall
And if you shout, I'll only hear you

As if the fog had a sound.
We are surrounded by antennas, TVs, and overwhelmed by radio signals but we don't hear our voices, which are (or were) so close.

You can give as many meanings as you want to Stay.
All will be damn in tune with what you feel and with your time.