"Not that I’d proffer the songwriter’s own comments as in any way decisive on the issue...."

Thanks to Scott for giving me a heads up that Andrea Morandi, who published that Italian book on U2's lyrics In The Name of Love which drew some comment back in January, has posted on his blog a nice piece by Deane Galbraith (who did a wonderful paper on the fallen angel image in U2 at the U2 academic conference) analyzing the media reception Morandi's book has received.