Unknown Caller is writtten by Irish rockers U2 and is from the No Line on the Horizon album.
Unkown Caller Lyrics:
Sunshine, sunshine
Sunshine, sunshine
Oh, oh
Oh, oh
I was lost between the midnight and the dawning
In a place of no consequence or company
3:33 when the numbers fell off the clock face
Speed-dialing with no signal at all
Go, shout it out, rise up
Oh, oh
Escape yourself and gravity
Hear me, cease to speak that I may speak
Shush now
Oh, oh
Force quit and move to trash
I was right there at the top of the bottom
On the edge of the known universe
Where I wanted to be
I had driven to the scene of the accident
And I sat there waiting for me
Restart and re-boot yourself
You’re free to go
Oh, oh
Shout for joy if you get the chance
Password, you, enter here, right now
Oh, oh
You know your name so punch it in
Hear me, cease to speak that I may speak
Shush now
Oh, oh
Then don’t move or say a thing
Sunshine, sunshine
Oh, oh
Oh, oh
I was lost between the midnight and the dawning
In a place of no consequence or company
3:33 when the numbers fell off the clock face
Speed-dialing with no signal at all
Go, shout it out, rise up
Oh, oh
Escape yourself and gravity
Hear me, cease to speak that I may speak
Shush now
Oh, oh
Force quit and move to trash
I was right there at the top of the bottom
On the edge of the known universe
Where I wanted to be
I had driven to the scene of the accident
And I sat there waiting for me
Restart and re-boot yourself
You’re free to go
Oh, oh
Shout for joy if you get the chance
Password, you, enter here, right now
Oh, oh
You know your name so punch it in
Hear me, cease to speak that I may speak
Shush now
Oh, oh
Then don’t move or say a thing
10 Rattle and Hums:
'Password, you enter here, right now / You know your name so punch it in') yet seems to find himself talking to the inner voice of God ("Escape yourself, and gravity / Hear me, cease to speak that I may speak").
http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/neil_mccormick/blog/2009/02/16/u2_no_line_on_the_horizon__full_review_plus_what_bono_really_thinks
First, this song & Horizon as a whole rock my world. Period.
The inner voice of God? Or something more literal encountered in escaping gravity via sound, number, word in the wee small hours of an entheogenic journey? Only Bono knows ...
If the latter, perhaps these voices/transmissions whisper with urgency, care, love. Let's listen with our hearts ... and only then speak/respond with generosity, patience, the golden rule, creativity, focus and wisdom. Like to like, gnostic truths upheld in the one and many.
333, according to one numerologist, means the following: ""You are completely surrounded, protected, loved and guided by the benevolent ascended masters."
So glad these ever-ascending descended masters are in our midst again - leaked, downloaded, popagandizing via IM ... & ever present on the edge of the known universe.
password entered: peace&respect
man, what a song!!! the best of the album, in my opinion of course :)
3:33 is a reference to Jeremiah 3:33 in the Old Testament. In this passage, God is speaking to the prophet Jermiah and he says, "Call to me and I will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know."
Correction: It's Jeremiah 33:3...
There's a making-of-horizon video on youtube where they clearly say: forgive yourself, and return to me! So powerful, wish they had left it in the final version.
I believe it is "Sweet 33," the age at which Jesus was nailed to the cross, not "3:33." Listen again!
Can you just for a moment leave out your Gods?
He is simply waking up.
Listen again - it is clearly "sweet 33," with an "s" sound - and I am not even religious!
I have the inlay card of the CD in front of me, and it's printed as "3:33". 33:3 appeared on the album cover of "All You Can't Leave
Behind", and Bono made the link from that to the Jeremiah passage himself in an interview.
As for "leaving out your Gods", it's kind of hard to discuss U2 lyrics at all, without dealing with the fact that they're talking about God A LOT. Try discussing Billy Bragg's music, without mentioning politics! Also, listen to "Magnificent", and tell me it's not a song about God...
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