Does anyone know what this song is about? I think it's about a man in Jesus's day trying to find a place to settle down where there is peace. But there is so much evil and lust in the world that he must continue wondering on. That's just my opinion, but I am just "old" and could be very, very wrong about this.

THE WANDERER - U2 with Johnny Cash
(U2/Bono)


I went out walking through the streets paved with gold
lifted some stones
saw the skin and bones
of a city without a soul
I went out walking under an atomic sky
where the ground won't turn
and the rain it burns
like the tears when I said goodbye

CHORUS
Yeah I went with nothing
nothing but the thought of you
I went wandering

I went drifting through the capitals of tin
where men can't walk
or freely talk
and sons turn their fathers in
I stopped outside a church house
where the citizens like to sit
they say they want the kingdom
but they don't want God in it

CHORUS
I went out with nothing
nothing but the thought of you
I went wandering

I went out walking
down that winding road
where no one's trusting no one
and conscience...a too heavy load
I went out riding, down that ol'eight lane
I passed by a thousand signs
looking for my own name

CHORUS
I went with nothing
but the thought you'd be there, too
Looking for you

I went out there in search of experience
to taste and to touch and to feel's as much
as a man can before he repents

I went out searching, looking for one good man
A spirit who would not bend or break
Who could sit at his father's right hand
I went out walking with a bible and a gun
The word of God lay heavy on my heart
I was sure I was the one
Now Jesus, don't you wait up
Jesus, I'll be home soon
Yea I went out for the papers
told her I'd be back by noon

Yeah I left with nothing
but the thought you'd be there too
looking for you...
Yeah I left with nothing
nothing but the thought of you...
I went wandering

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Dude, it was probably back in the wild west. I don't think it was back in Jesus's day.
quote:I went out walking with a bible and a gun Guns weren't invented back then. Use your brain.

It does have a lot of biblical references in it but instead of being about life in Jesus' time, it's about the end times 2000+ years later.