“I want to run,I want to hide,I want to tear down the walls that hold me inside.I want to reach out and touch the plains,Where the streets have no names”

—  Bono

"Where the streets have no name"
Lyrics, The Joshua Tree (1987)
Context: I want to run, I want to hide, I want to tear down the walls that hold me inside. I want to reach out and touch the plains, Where the streets have no names

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