And there's another album in the tapes I have of what we've done. And humour and laughter, to me is the proof of the presence of freedom. Rage is an emotion frequently expressed in U2's music - even in songs about love. Love and anger are closely related. Somebody said that hate is not the opposite to love, apathy is, and I agree with that.
Rage can be an assertion of the life-force, a wailing out against everything, as in the Psalms.
But people really do not understand why some of the love-songs we do are so savage, for example. On the other hand, maybe sometimes you must use darkness to show up the light. But fear is the enemy. You should never be afraid to express even the darker side of yourself, or ourselves. The chemistry was there and the pilgrimage, forged by predictable fundamentalist opposition and mind shattering experiences, exposed the group to mega issues of human rights by the Central American Mission Partner's guided tours through the wreckage of El Salvador.