What Is the New Song About?
U2 are again with their new track “Silencio,” and we’re taking a more in-depth have a look at the lyrics!
The legendary Irish rock band launched the brand new monitor on Thursday (September 24), alongside the announcement of their upcoming sixteenth studio album Carnaval De Luz.
“Silencio” is the second track launched from the album following “Street of Dreams,” and arrives throughout U2‘s fiftieth anniversary 12 months. The band’s label describes the track as an “homage to early surf-punk insolence.”
So, what are Bono and the band singing about?
What Do U2’s “Silencio” Lyrics Mean?
As its title suggests, “Silencio” repeatedly returns to the concept of silence, however the lyrics current it in a number of very alternative ways.
Some of the track’s quieter pictures are peaceable and non secular, pertaining to motherhood, the ocean, prayer and listening to a different soul.
Elsewhere, nonetheless, that silence turns into far more unsettling. Bono references listening to a gunshot, being informed to remain quiet, pepper spray and crowd management, earlier than repeatedly returning to the picture of the satan making rock and roll “within the silence.”
Religious imagery additionally runs all through the monitor, with references to Mary, Jesus, the Father, Son and Holy Ghost.
That suits into the bigger themes of Carnaval De Luz. U2 says the brand new album explores “spirituality, friendship, freedom and endurance within the face of darkish, encroaching forces.”
What Does “It’s When I’m With You, I Miss You the Most” Mean?
The refrain takes the track in a extra private path.
After repeatedly singing “Silencio,” Bono asks the place the love has gone and delivers the track’s central emotional contradiction: “It’s after I’m with you, I miss you probably the most.”
The line suggests a relationship through which bodily closeness doesn’t essentially equal emotional connection, tying one other type of silence into the track: what stays unsaid between two folks.
Where Was U2’s “Silencio” Music Video Filmed?
The accompanying “Silencio” music video was filmed in Mexico City earlier this 12 months and was directed by Mexican-American directing duo Cliqua, made up of Pasqual Gutiérrez and Raúl “RJ” Sanchez.
The location additionally provides one other layer to the track’s Spanish-language title and recurring Spanish phrases, together with “tranquilo” and “sereno.”
“Silencio” was produced by Jacknife Lee, with extra manufacturing by Ryan Tedder.
Carnaval De Luz will likely be launched on November 13 and marks U2‘s first studio album of recent materials in 9 years.
Listen to “Silencio” beneath!
Read the Lyrics to U2’s “Silencio”
If you missed it, U2‘s new album will even characteristic the ultimate recorded vocal efficiency from Dolly Parton, and Bono revealed the emotional story of how she recorded it.
