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City Of Blinding Lights (Songs Of Surrender) Lyrics
[Verse 1]
The more you see, the less you know
The less you find out as you grow
I knew much more then than I do now
Neon heart, dayglo eyes, a city lit by fireflies
They're advertising in the skies for people like us
[Pre-Chorus]
And I miss you when you're not around
I'm, I'm getting ready to leave the ground
[Chorus]
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
Oh, you look so beautiful tonight
In the city of blinding lights
[Verse 2]
Don't look before you laugh
Look ugly in a photograph
Flash bulbs, purple irises the camera can't see
I've seen you walk unafraid
I've seen you in the clothes you madе
Can you see the beauty inside of mе?
What happened to the beauty I had inside of me?
The more you see, the less you know
The less you find out as you grow
I knew much more then than I do now
Neon heart, dayglo eyes, a city lit by fireflies
They're advertising in the skies for people like us
[Pre-Chorus]
And I miss you when you're not around
I'm, I'm getting ready to leave the ground
[Chorus]
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
Oh, you look so beautiful tonight
In the city of blinding lights
[Verse 2]
Don't look before you laugh
Look ugly in a photograph
Flash bulbs, purple irises the camera can't see
I've seen you walk unafraid
I've seen you in the clothes you madе
Can you see the beauty inside of mе?
What happened to the beauty I had inside of me?
[Pre-Chorus]
And I miss you when you're not around
I'm, I'm getting ready to leave the ground
[Chorus]
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
Oh, you look so beautiful tonight
In the city of blinding lights
[Bridge]
Time, time, time, time
Time won't leave me as I am
Time won't take the boy out of this man
[Chorus]
Oh, you look so beautiful tonight
Oh, you look so beautiful tonight
In the city of blinding lights
[Outro]
The more you know, the less you feel
But some pray for, others steal
Blessings are not just for the ones who kneel
Luckily, luckily
Luckily
Luckily
Luckily
And I miss you when you're not around
I'm, I'm getting ready to leave the ground
[Chorus]
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
Oh, you look so beautiful tonight
In the city of blinding lights
[Bridge]
Time, time, time, time
Time won't leave me as I am
Time won't take the boy out of this man
[Chorus]
Oh, you look so beautiful tonight
Oh, you look so beautiful tonight
In the city of blinding lights
[Outro]
The more you know, the less you feel
But some pray for, others steal
Blessings are not just for the ones who kneel
Luckily, luckily
Luckily
Luckily
Luckily
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What did U2 say about "City Of Blinding Lights (Songs Of Surrender)"?
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The Edge:
What’s fun is to hear things like ‘City of Blinding Lights’, which sounds like a completely different song lyric to me, because Bono’s interpreting it in a way that he couldn’t possibly have done with the rock version. The same is true for a lot of them, where you’re hearing it in a different way. And that’s, I think, why [Bono] went for new lyrics in a lot of songs is because there was a kind of opportunity there, there was a platform to deliver lyrics that wasn’t there before.
- 20.City Of Blinding Lights (Songs Of Surrender)
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Piano
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Release Date
March 17, 2023
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