Meaning

According to Josh Tyrangiel of Time magazine, the meaning to "Talk" is based on how Martin "wants to teach us how to feel better about ourselves, and his lessons have the moral superiority disguised as sensitivity that marked Bono's mighty mullet period."

Lyrics

Oh brother I can't I can't get through
I've been trying hard to reach you,
‘cause i don't know what to do
Oh brother I can't believe it's true
I'm so scared about the future
and I wanna talk to you
Oh i wanna talk to you

You could take a picture of something you see
In the future where will I be?
You could climb a ladder up to the sun
Or write a song nobody had sung
Or do
Something that's never been done

Are you lost or incomplete?
Do you feel like a puzzle,
you can't find your missing piece?
Tell me how you feel
Well I feel like
they're talking in a language I don't speak
And they're talking it to me

So you take a picture of something you see
In the future where will I be?
You could climb a ladder up to the sun
Or write a song nobody had sung
Or do
Something that's never been done
Do
Something that's never been done

So you don't know where
you're going and you wanna talk
And you feel like
you're going where you've been before
You'll tell anyone who'll listen,
but you feel ignored
Nothing's really making any sense at all
Let's talk
Let's talk
Let's talk
Let's talk
Play with the song, fill the gaps
Legend
  • The video player plays from the time specified
  • Chorus
  • People Talking

Vocabulary