This song by itself without being compared to The Handmaids tail, the song begins by saying that we all have choices. The writer of the song is saying people in our world have the ability to dream, “And you can dreamSo dream out loud”, so people should not let what other people have to say bring them down. However “In dreams begin responsibilities”, so if one is going to dream they have to take into account all of the responsibilities that some with that dream. Although I have not finished the book, I can imagine Luke saying what this song is saying to the main character in the book. He loved his wife. She was his free sprit that he saw. She had dreams of being with him and whether they were right or wrong he did not care because they were hers to have.

It was interesting that U2 brought religion into this song. “Yeah I'd break bread and wine, If there was a church I could receive in” People whom are affiliated with a church usually know exactly what they from it. They understand why there are there and what the are doing. This quote is excellent to put into the song because the person writing the song seems to be trying to find something to believe in but they cant. They cant find anything to be affiliated with, which is a big part of the song.

This song by U2 was written much like the chapter in the Handmaids tail about the ceremony. The chapter beings just like any chapter and all of a sudden there is a paragraph with a lot of unexpected profanity. The profanity is needed in this paragraph to really hit some what Atwood was trying to get across. It is the same in this song, the song goes without any harshness, no signs of taking a turn and then the song writer put a very strong harsh word the last sentence of the chorus. Why? Because U2 wanted to catch the listeners attention, make sure they understood what they were trying to say. U2 is not the type of band to put swear words in every song just because they can. So when one sees a swear word in their song it is there for a reason.