a few days ago I found a very rare collection of U2 songs on my local area network. it contains some live versions of popular songs, and also some songs which have been unreleased. the unreleased songs are very old, they were written when Bono probably was still in his teens, and so they sound very different from their new songs. but though they are different, they are good. one song, "Don't say goodbye", is particularly melodic. whether i like it because the guitar rift is good or because i can identify myself with it these days, i don't know. what i know, and i am fully content knowing, is that i don't want this song to lose its meaning for me. i hope that i become the exception of my own quote - "Times change, people change, and nobody remains the same for ever."