Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Abubuwan da suka shafi siyasa da zamantakewa sune tushen wasu waƙoƙi. Bono ya rubuta kalmomin don "Bullet the Blue Sky" bayan ya ziyarci El Salvador a lokacin Salvadoran Civil War
da kuma shaida yadda rikicin tsakanin 'yan tawaye da gwamnatin da Amurka ke goyon baya ya shafi fararen hula na gida. A lokacin da ake magana a tsakiyar waƙar, ya yi magana game da wani mutum da "fuska mai launin ja kamar fure a kan ƙaya", yana nufin Reagan. Tafiya ta Bono ta kuma yi wahayi zuwa ga "Iyaye mata na waɗanda suka ɓace", bayan ya haɗu da membobin COMADRES - Iyaye mata na waɗanda suka ɓace - ƙungiyar mata waɗanda aka kashe 'ya'yansu ko "ɓata" a lokacin yakin basasa a hannun gwamnatin yankin. Yajin aikin hakar ma'adinai na Burtaniya na 1984 ya yi wahayi zuwa ga kalmomin "Red Hill Mining Town", wanda Bono ya rubuta daga hangen nesa na ma'aurata da ya shafi yajin aikin. Labarin ma'aurata da ke shan ƙwayoyin cuta shine tushen "Running to Stand Still", wanda Bono ya kafa a cikin hasumiyoyin zama na Ballymun Flats a Dublin kusa da inda ya girma. An ambaci gine-ginen a cikin kalmomin "Na ga hasumiya bakwai / Amma na ga hanya ɗaya kawai". Don "Where the Streets Have No Name", ya rubuta kalmomin a cikin martani ga ra'ayin cewa, a Belfast, ana iya cire addinin mutum da kuɗin shiga bisa ga titin da suke zaune. "Fitowa" yana nuna tunanin mai kisan kai, kodayake Clayton ya ba da shawarar cewa layin "Ya ga hannayen da ke ginawa kuma za su iya rushewa" shima jab ne a kan rikice-rikicen gwamnatin Amurka a cikin alaƙar ƙasa da ƙasa.