A day when I don't get all caught up with my own petty concerns and others take priority. Every once in a while, I experience "A Day Without Me", a day when God just seems to carry me and the next right thing to do just seems so natural. These were sent out for use in juke boxes, and also for promotion at radio. As well as a commercial single, Island Records pressed a number of formats which were sent out as promotional items. ![]() The commercial release was August 18, 1980. Then moving on without the "me", without the constant focus on "self". A Day Without Me was the second U2 single released by Island Records in the UK. Crying because you wasted so much time worrying about yourself and laughing because you realize how silly it all was. And looking back at yourself and both laughing and crying at the world you left behind. It's about getting out of yourself, then focusing on God's will and serving others. Started a landslide in my ego Looked from the outside to the world I left behind. ![]() The "landslide in my ego", to me anyway, signifies a crumbling of the value we put on ourselves, the self-absorbancy that our society promotes and most of us fall victim to. General CommentI don't think of this song as a suicide song at all.
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