The exhibit, which explores important socio-political topics in the U.S. The video is part of Louder Than Words: Rock, Power and PoliticsВ exhibit, which will premiere at the Rock and Roll Hall of FameВ on May 20th and will run through November 27th. вЂњAs a student of non-violence I had a violent reaction to what I was witnessing,вЂќ he explains. вЂњI used the language of the Scripture to describe the situation: вЂIn the howling wind comes a stinging rain / See it driving nails /Into the souls in the tree of pain / From a firefly, a red orange glow / See the face of fear / Running scared on the valley below/ Bullet the blue sky.вЂќДЄs for the character Bono created thatвЂ™s described in the lyrics as having a вЂњface red like a rose in a thorn bushвЂќ and whoвЂ™s вЂњpeeling off those dollar billsвЂќ? That was Ronald Reagan.

He then went on to explain how the lyrics developed. вЂњWe strapped my feelings to the song вЂBullets the Blue Sky,вЂќ he recounts. He spoke with Edge about what heвЂ™d been through in El Salvador, and with a вЂњnod to Jimi Hendrix,вЂќ Edge put the вЂњfear and loathingвЂќ into his guitar solo on the song. They have an ability to express inexpressible thoughts,вЂќ he says.

вЂњIвЂ™m blessed because IвЂ™m part of the U2 group and theyвЂ™re really good. Though he said he saw things there вЂњthat are really hard to explain,вЂќ he felt that through the band they could communicate what was happening via song.

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