Grace (U2 song)
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| "Grace" | ||
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| Song by U2 | ||
| From the album All That You Can't Leave Behind | ||
| Album released | 30 / 31 October 2000 | |
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| Genre | Rock | |
| Song Length | 5:45 | |
| Record label | Island Records / Interscope Records | |
| Producer | Brian Eno, Daniel Lanois | |
| All That You Can't Leave Behind Album Listing | ||
| New York (Track 10) | Grace (Track 11) | (end of album) |
"Grace" is the eleventh and final track from U2's 2000 album, All That You Can't Leave Behind. It has never been performed live.
The central character in this song is Grace. Through the song her inner emotions are juxtaposed with how she appears from the outside. Lines like “She carries a pearl in perfect condition” and “when she walks on the street, You can hear the strings, Grace finds goodness in everything” refers to how she is perceived by others. However she holds a lot of emotion and pain on the inside as shown in the lines, “she covers the shame” and “she carries a world on her hips, No champagne flute for her lips, No twirls or skips between her fingertips”. She appears so beautiful to the world and so caring because she holds all the sadness on the inside, where other people don’t see it. Through the song she appears as a solitary person, this is the result of her holding all emotion on the inside, effectively isolating herself. By doing this she makes herself very lonely in her suffering. The line, “she covers the shame”, refers to something in her past that she must hide. Her outer beauty helps to cover a tragic past.
The song can also be interpreted as a personification of God's grace. "She covers the shame" shows that the everlasting love of God penetrates the shame of man.
