Crumbs From Your Table -- U2

From the brightest star  Comes the blackest hole  You had so much to offer
Why did you offer your soul  I was there for you baby  When you needed my help
Would you deny for others  What you demand for yourself?
Cool down mama, cool off   Cool down mama, cool off

You speak of signs and wonders  I need something other
I would believe if I was able  But I'm waiting on the crumbs from your table
You were pretty as a picture  It was all there to see then your face caught up with your psychology  With a mouth full of teeth You ate all your friends
And you broke every heart thinking every heart mends

You speak of signs and wonders  But I need something other
I would believe if I was able  But I'm waiting on the crumbs from your table
Where you live should not decide  Whether you live or whether you die
Three to a bed  Sister Ann, she said   Dignity passes by

And you speak of signs and wonders  But I need something other
I would believe if I was able  I'm waiting on the crumbs from your table

Bono wrote the lyrics about how rich countries (especially the United States) give third-world countries only the crumbs from their tables, meaning very little relief in helping these poor nations out of debt: "Where you live should not decide, whether you live or whether you die." Bono has been involved in a number of humanitarian efforts.

Bono  "I went to speak to Christian fundamentalist groups in America to convince them to give money to fight AIDS in Africa. It was like getting blood from a stone. I told them about a hospice in Uganda where so many people were dying they had to sleep three to a bed. Sister Anne, who I mention in the song, works at that hospice. Her office is a sewer."

              

                   The less favorable child. Crying in hunger.
                                                                    For a crumb from your table