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U2 – The Fly
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The seventh song on Achtung Baby, it exemplifies the band’s shift toward crunchier, distorted guitars and vocals on this album.
It’s also the namesake of the leather and shades
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U2 – The Fly (Live From The Fleet Center, Boston, MA, USA / 2001)
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[Intro] / You walk out into the sports hall, lights go down / It's a whole different scene / Of light and motion, light and motion / Lights up and motion / It's hard to walk away
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U2 – The Fly (Songs Of Surrender)
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[Verse 1] / It's no secret that the stars are falling from the sky / It's no secret that our world is in darkness tonight / They say the sun is sometimes eclipsed by the moon / Y'
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U2 – The Lounge Fly Mix
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Shine like a fading sky / She holds one love, the sky / It's no secret that the stars / Are falling from the sky / It's no secret that I left you / And still I don't know why / You
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U2 – The Fly (Live at 'Stop Sellafield' Concert)
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It's no secret that the stars are falling from the sky / It's no secret that our world is in darkness tonight / They say the sun is sometimes eclipsed by the moon / Y' know I don't
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U2 – Elevation
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“Elevation” is a massive song from a massive band, with U2 dialling their sound way up to provide a huge adrenaline shot. There are two versions, with the single “remix” being
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U2 – All Because Of You (Killahurtz Fly Mix)
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I was born a child of grace / Nothing else about the place / Everything was ugly but your beautiful face / And it left me no illusion / I saw you in the curve of the moon / In the
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U2 – Atomic City
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[Verse 1] / Come all you stars falling out of the sky / Come all you angels forgetting to fly / Come all who feel we're not on our own / All UFOs come on your way home / Alone
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Gavin Friday – The Fly
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It's no secret that the stars are falling from the sky / It's no secret that our world is in darkness tonight / They say the sun is sometimes eclipsed by a moon / Y'know I don't
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U2 – Walk On
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Walk On is dedicated to Burmese democracy activist Aung San Suu Kyi and is about her struggle to fight for a democratic Burma.
Updated Dedication 2020:
The new updated 2020
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U2 – The Unforgettable Fire
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This song was inspired by an art exhibit of paintings created by survivors of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombings.
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U2 – Even Better Than the Real Thing
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[Verse 1] / Give me one more chance and you'll be satisfied / Give me two more chances, you won't be denied / Well, my heart is where it's always been / My head is somewhere in
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U2 – Ordinary Love (Songs Of Surrender)
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[Verse 1] / The sea wants to kiss the golden shore / The sunlight warms your skin / All the beauty that's been lost before / Wants to find us again / I can't fight you anymore / It
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U2 – Ordinary Love (Extraordinary Mix)
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[Verse 1] / The sea wants to kiss the golden shore / The sunlight warms your skin / All the beauty that's been lost before / Wants to find us again / I can't fight you anymore / It
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U2 – Until the End of the World
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This song is Judas Iscariot singing to Jesus.
The first verse discusses The Last Supper:
We ate the food, we drank the wine
Everybody having a good time except you
You were
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U2 – Elevation (Quincey & Sonance Remix)
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Woo-hoo / Woo-hoo / Woo-hoo / Woo-hoo / Woo-hoo / Woo-hoo / Woo-hoo / Woo-hoo / (Ah…) love / (Ah…) love / (Ah…) love / (Ah…) love / High, higher than the sun / You shoot me from a
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U2 – Walk On (Single Version)
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And if the darkness is to keep us apart / And if the daylight feels like it's a long way off / And if your glass heart should crack / And for a second you turn back / Oh no, be
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U2 – Elevation (Tomb Raider Mix)
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[Intro] / Elevation! / [Verse 1] / High, higher than the sun / You shoot me from a gun / I need you to elevate me here / At the corner of your lips / As the orbit of your hips
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U2 – Elevation (Tomb Raider Mix)
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[Intro] / Elevation! / [Verse 1] / High, higher than the sun / You shoot me from a gun / I need you to elevate me here / At the corner of your lips / As the orbit of your hips
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U2 – Elevation (Live From The Fleet Center, Boston, MA, USA / 2001)
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Soul… / Soul… / You elevate my… / The goal is elevation / Give it up! / High, higher than the sun / You shoot me from a gun / I need you to elevate me here / At the corner of your
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U2 – Walk On (Ukraine) [Songs Of Surrender]
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[Verse 1] / And if the comic takes the stage and no one laughs / And does a dance on his own grave for a photograph / This is not a curtain call, this is the greatest act of all
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U2 – Bad
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“Bad” is a song about addiction. Though not stated explicitly in the song, Bono has made clear many times in interviews and at concerts that it was written about heroin addiction
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U2 – Zooropa
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The opening track of U2’s 1993 album, Zooropa clocks at 6:31, though it has an approximately two minute long intro that is described in the lyric booklet as “courtesy of the
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U2 – Native Son
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Yeah its on the street / It's under your feet / It's everywhere / But if you're looking for free / Don't look at me / My enemy became my country / On the run, officer put down the
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U2 – Dirty Day (Songs Of Surrender)
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[Verse 1] / I don't know you / And you don't know the half of it / Had a starring role / Played the bad guy who walked off set / [Verse 2] / They say be careful where you aim / '
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U2 – Walk On (Wyclef Jean Remix)
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You all ready for the U2 remix with the Refugee Camp? / Ooooh / Turn it up / Do the slam dance / Do the slam dance / Do the slam dance / It's the remix / Do the slam dance / Do the
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U2 – Like a Song
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[Intro] / Like a song I have to sing / I sing it for you / Like the words I have to bring / I bring it for you / [Verse 1] / And in leather, lace and chains, we stake our claim
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U2 – Atomic City (Mike WiLL Made-It Remix)
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Mike WiLL, Mike WiLL / Come all you stars falling out of the sky / Come all you angels forgetting to fly / Come all who feel we're not on our own / All ufos come on your way home
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U2 – Elevation (Paul Van Dyk Remix)
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Love, lift me up out of these blues / Won't you tell me something true / I believe in you / High, higher than the sun / You shoot me from a gun / I need you to elevate me here / At
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U2 – Elevation (Influx Remix)
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High, higher than the sun / You shoot me from a gun / I need you to elevate me here / At the corner of your lips / As the orbit of your hips / Eclipse, you elevate my soul / Soul
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U2 – Walk On (Radio Edit)
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And love is not the easy thing / The only baggage that you can bring / Love is not the easy thing / The only baggage you can bring / Is all that you can't leave behind... / And if
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U2 – In a Little While
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‘In A LIttle While’ Is clearly addressed to the Mrs. They used to call me a baby-snatcher in the mall at school for dating a girl from the year below. They say a year is a lot in
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Negativland – Deliberate Sabotage (live)
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[unknown speaker] / The U2 was deliberately sabotaged by our own national security establishment, specifically the CIA, in order to provoke a canceling of the summit conference
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U2 – Elevation - 2005 live from milan
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Yeah, yeah / High, higher than the sun / You shoot me from a gun / I need you to elevate me here / At the corner of your lips / As the orbit of your hips / Eclipse, you elevate my
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U2 – Bad (Live From The Fleet Center, Boston, MA, USA / 2001)
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If you twist and turn away / If you tear yourself in two again / If I could, you know I would / If I could, I would / Let it go / Surrender / Dislocate / If I could through myself
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U2 – Unforgettable fire - live from paris
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Ice, your only rivers run cold / These city lights, they shine as silver and gold / Dug from the night, your eyes as black as coal / Walk on by, walk on through / Walk 'til you run
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Coldplay – Paradise
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The third track and second single off Mylo Xyloto, Coldplay makes a true masterpiece of the song “Paradise”. With its jittery synths, orchestral hooks, thunderous drumming, and
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U2 – Even Better Than The Real Thing - Single Version
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Take me higher / Take me higher / Take me higher / Give me one more chance / And you'll be satisfied / Give me two more chances / You won't be denied / Well my heart is where it's
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U2 – Bad (Songs Of Surrender)
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[Verse 1] / If I twist and turn away / If I tear myself in two again / If I could, you know I would / If I could, I would let it go / Surrender, this is a song of surrender / [
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U2 – Ordinary Love
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Released November 2013 was written for the movie Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom.
In the film, it scores the moment that Mandela emerges, victorious, to greet the people of South
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