Bono took his daughters out to fly a kite on a beach in Killiney, Ireland. But it crashed into the sand. Staring at the scene, one of his daughters said, “Daddy, can we go home and play with the PlayStation?” It created a metaphor for Bono to write about his father, who was ailing at the time.
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