While this page itself is NOT autobiographical, despite the title; it does serve as a navigation point for a series of posts that are incredibly autobiographical. A lot of what I write is driven by music. Almost every post I’ve ever written that was any good at all was composed while listening to a song over and over via iTunes single-track repeat. This series was inspired by a plane trip, a truck ride, and about two decades of knowing the song by heart, and while U2 might not be my “all time superfavorite” (that would be The Police) the come in at a strong second in my list of favorites…at least they do when I don’t sit down and over-think it.

Every line is a link to a specific post, and there are navigation links at the bottom of each part of the series as well. Not all of them are great, but all of them are true.

Line 1 – I have climbed highest mountains
Line 2 – I have run through the fields
Line 3 – Only to be with you
Line 4 – Only to be with you
Line 5 – I have run
Line 6 – I have crawled
Line 7 – I have scaled these city walls
Line 8 – These city walls
Line 9 – Only to be with you
Line 10 – But I still haven’t found what I’m looking for
Line 11 – But I still haven’t found what I’m looking for
Line 12 – I have kissed honey lips
Line 13 – Felt the healing fingertips
Line 14 – It burned like fire
Line 15 – This burning desire
Line 16 – I have spoke with the tongue of angels
Line 17 – I have held the hand of a devil
Line 18 – It was warm in the night
Line 19 – I was cold as a stone
Line 20 – But I still haven’t found what I’m looking for
Line 21 – But I still haven’t found what I’m looking for
Line 22 – I believe in the Kingdom Come
Line 23 – When all the colors will bleed into one
Line 24 – Bleed into one
Line 25 – Well, yes I’m still running
Line 26 – You broke the bonds
Line 27 – You loosed the chains
Line 28 – Carried the Cross
Line 29 – Of all my shame
Line 30 – You know I believe it
Line 31 – But I still haven’t found what I’m looking for
Line 32 – But I still haven’t found what I’m looking for
Line 33 – But I still, haven’t found, what I’m looking for…

[Word Count: 18,586 so far]

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Song “But I still haven’t found what I’m looking for” copyright 1987 Island Records, Lyrics by Bono, original music by U2. All rights reserved.