Album: Rattle And Hum (1988)

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• See the sun rise over her skin
  Don't change it
  See the sun rise over her skin
  Dawn changes everything
  Everything
  And the delta sun
  Burns bright and violet
  
  Mississippi and the cotton wool heat
  Sixty six a highway speaks
  Of deserts dry
  Of cool green valleys
  Gold and silver veins
  Of the shining cities
  
  In this heartland
  In this heartland soil
  In this heartland
  Heaven knows this is a heartland
  Heartland, heartland
  
  See the sun rise over her skin
  She feels like water in my hand
  Freeway like a river cuts through this land
  Into the side of love
  Like a burning spear
  And the poison rain
  Brings a flood of fear
  Through the ghost ranch hills
  Death valley waters
  In the towers of steel
  Belief goes on and on
  
  In this heartland
  In this heartland soil
  In this heartland
  Heaven knows this is a heartland
  Heartland, heaven knows this is a heartland
  Heartland, heartland
  Heartland, heaven's day here in the heartland
  Heart Writer/s: Adam Clayton, Dave Evans, Larry Mullen, Paul Hewson
  Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group
  Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 6

• Lisa B from St. Petersburg, FlSee the sun rise over her skin. Don't change it. - I always believed her skin was the horizon of Earth in the Heartland of America, and the sun rise over her skin meaning the sunrise in the early morning in the Heartland of America. "Don't change it", I interpret: Don't change the natural beauty of the Heartland which most areas are unlike that of the big city, fast pace life, rude people and violence, ect. The rest of the lyrics have been covered by others. Just like to say thank you to U2 for this beautiful song which I danced to so many times during shows. I believe in natural beauty and I also believed "don't change it", meaning in my case fake boobs. It kept me from many bookings, but it's all about the journey.
• Jim from Long Beach, CaThis song is about The American Heartland. THey talk about the Mississippi River and Route 66. Love this song...
• K_cool from Costa Mesa, CaThis song talks about the American Heartland and more specifically the Mississipi River Delta the band saw while visiting "GraceLand", Elvis's estate. The first verse sets up the image of the delta which he uses to set up the image of the crucified christ in the last verse.
  
  John 19:34
  
  But one of the soldiers pierced His side with a spear, and immediately blood and water came (flowed) out.
  
  See the sun rise over her skin
  She feels like water in my hand
  [Freeway like a river cuts through this land
  Into the side of love ***John 19:34
  Like a burning spear] ***John 19:34
  And the poison rain
  Brings a flood of fear
  Through the ghost-ranch hills
  Death valley waters
  In the towers of steel
  Belief goes on and on
  
  The song "HeartLand" is set up on this scripture. Keeping in mind that U2 started out as a "Christian Band" most of their songs have a reference to Jesus Christ in it. Bono offers a resolve that sums up his experience their which is in the last line of the last verse
  
  "Belief lives on"
  
  
• Angela from Hagerstown, MdIn the video Rattle and Hum, this song is played while they visit Graceland.
• Richard from St. Louis, MoThis song talks about the American heartland
  
  it mentions route 66 a historic interstate highway and pop culture symbol.
  
  It mentions the Mississippi river and cotton feilds.
• Oscar from Mexico City, OtherIt's a very soft song that makes you feel peace.

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