 Genius Lyrics
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U2 – Running to Stand Still
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“Running to Stand Still” is slow ballad based on piano and guitar and it describes a heroin-addicted couple living in Dublin’s Ballymun flats; the towers have since become
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U2 – Running to stand still - live from paris
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And so she woke up / Woke up from where she was / Lying still / Said I gotta do something / About where we're going / Step on a steam train / Step out of the driving rain, maybe
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Kodaline – Running To Stand Still
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[Verse 1] / And so she woke up / Woke up from where she was lyin' still / Said I gotta do something / About where we're going / Step on a steam train / Step out of the driving rain
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Elbow – Running to Stand Still
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And so she woke up / Woke up from where / She was lying still / Said I gotta do something about / Where we're going / Step on a steam train / Step out of the driving rain / Maybe
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U2 – Where the Streets Have No Name
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“Where the Streets Have No Name” is the third single from U2’s 1987 album The Joshua Tree. It was written by Bono in response to the notion that it’s possible to identify a person’
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U2 – I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
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“I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For” is the second single taken from U2’s 1987 album The Joshua Tree.
It’s written in the writing style of King David, specifically from
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U2 – The Joshua Tree [Tracklist + Album Art]
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The Joshua Tree tracklist includes both the original 1987 release as well as 2007’s 20th anniversary bonus tracks.
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U2 – Where the Streets Have No Name (Single Edit)
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[Verse 1] / I wanna run, I want to hide / I wanna tear down the walls that hold me inside / I wanna reach out and touch the flame / Where the streets have no name (Ah ah ah) / [
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U2 – In God's Country
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“In God’s Country” was a difficult song for the band to record, which they put down to not being trained musicians, and they do not speak overly highly of it.
Bono has stated that
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U2 – In God's Country (Live)
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[Verse 1] / Desert sky, dream beneath the desert sky / The rivers run but soon run dry / We need new dreams tonight / Desert rose, dreamed I saw a desert rose / Dress torn in
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U2 – Sweetest Thing
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[Intro] / Ooh ooh ooh / Yeah yeah yeah / [Verse 1] / My love, she throws me like a rubber ball / (Oh, the sweetest thing) / But she won't catch me or break my fall / (Oh, the
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U2 – Spanish Eyes
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“Spanish Eyes” is a track included on the 20th anniversary release of The Joshua Tree. It was originally released as a b-side to the album’s second single, “I Still Haven’t Found
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U2 – New Years Day (Live at Madison Square Garden)
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[Intro] / Yeah...New Years day / Sing it! / [Verse 1] / (All is quiet on New Year's Day / A world in white gets underway) / I want to be with you / Be with you night and day
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U2 – Drunk Chicken / America
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“Rise Up” is one of four tracks included on the 20th anniversary re-release of The Joshua Tree that had not been previously released.
The other three unreleased tracks are “Wave
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U2 – Red Hill Mining Town
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The focus of the song is on the National Union of Mineworkers' 1984 strike in England that occurred in response to the National Coal Board’s campaign to close uneconomic mines.
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U2 – Bullet the Blue Sky
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“Bullet the Blue Sky” is one of the band’s most overtly political songs, condemning US foreign policy for causing unrest in Central America in the 1980s. The song includes
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U2 – Exit
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“Exit” was developed from a lengthy jam that was recorded in a single take and edited down to a shorter arrangement.
The lyrics, which portray the mind of a serial killer, were
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U2 – Luminous Times (Hold on to Love)
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“Luminous Times (Hold on to Love)” is a track included on the 20th anniversary release of The Joshua Tree. It was originally released as one of two b-sides to the album’s first
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U2 – One Tree Hill
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The track was written in memory of Greg Carroll, a Māori man the band first met in Auckland during The Unforgettable Fire Tour in 1984. He was killed in July 1986 in a motorcycle
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U2 – Deep in the Heart
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“Deep In The Heart” is a track included on the 20th anniversary release of The Joshua Tree. It was originally released as a b-side to the album’s second single, “I Still Haven’t
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