“Yeah, we’ll shine like stars in the summer night.
We’ll shine like stars on the beach’s sand.
One heart, one love… for a boy from Amsterdam.”
On the 13th I met Bono and Edge for the second time this week… and that’s where the magic started. A transcript of the meeting:
Bono: [walks up to me and sees my ONE campaign shirt] “I’m gonna sign that.”
Me: “Well this is gonna convince people!”
Bono: “That’s cool!”
Me: “Thanks so much, are you gonna sing Shine Like Stars?”
Bono: “I’m gonna sing it for you.”
Then he said “What’s your name again?” and started signing the Irish flag I brought with me.
Me: [chuckling] “What does it say?”
Bono: “It says ‘shine like stars cause the darkness is afraid of you’”
I did not expect Bono to keep his words to be honest, considering there were tons of people and he’s a busy man who forgets stuff.. but then I heard U2 soundcheck (I was inside for ONE) and heard him sing it!! I couldn’t believe it!! (I also heard them trying to get Magnificent right)
When With Or Without You started playing I already got teary-eyed because I knew there was a chance. And then he sang it.. and I cried so hard and jumped so high up in the air that I completely missed the fact that he sang “for a boy from Amsterdam.”
Thank you so much Bono.. Words cannot describe how much this means to me.
