Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - Mashoko enziyo dzeU2 anozivikanwa nokuda kwenyaya dzadzo dzezvematongerwe enyika nedzevanhu, uye anowanzoshongedzwa nemifananidzo yechiKristu neyezvokunamata. Nziyo dzakadai se"Sunday Bloody Sunday", "Silver and Gold", uye "Mothers of the Disappeared" dzakatungamirirwa nezviitiko zvenguva iyoyo. Yokutanga yakanyorwa pamusoro peMatambudziko muNorthern Ireland, nepo yokupedzisira yaiva mutero kuCOMADRES, vakadzi vane vana vakaurawa kana kuti vakanyangarika nechisimba pamaoko ehurumende yeSalvador munguva yehondo yevagari vomunyika yacho
. Rwiyo runonzi "Running to Stand Still" rwunobva mubhuku rinonzi "The Joshua Tree" rwakafuridzirwa nokupindwa muropa neheroin kwakanga kwapararira muDublin. Mashoko acho anoti "I see seven towers, but I only see one way out" anoreva Ballymun Towers muDublin's Northside uye mifananidzo iri murwiyo rwacho yose inoratidza kutambura kwevanhu vakapindwa muropa neheroin.