By U2
I may have missed discussion about this song and am certainly not the resident U2 expert, but it feels and sounds like old times from the super-group. It's from Brothers, the Jim Sheridan film in theaters right now. Maybe Sheridan got them in touch with their Irish roots.
The yellow sun
Well, it took the hand
Of a country boy
To a city in a far-off land
We made no mark
No shadow at all
On the ancient, holy streets
Where I learned to crawl
The broken and the bruised
The young and the used
The sure and confused
All here
Words will then land on me
Then abandon me
Mangle, untangle me
Leave me on the floor
Rhymes, they sprang in me
Summer sang in me
But summer sings in me no more
Now I'm twenty-five
And trying to stay alive
In a corner of the world
With no clear enemies to fight
It's hot as hell
We're like butter on toast
But there's no army in this world
That can fight a ghost
The broken and the bruised
The young and the used
The sure and confused
All here
Words will then land on me
Then abandon me
Leave me stranded
In guard of the door
Rhymes began in me
Summer sang in me
But summer sings in me no more
Listening to the cries
The strangers
The silence of the foreign grave
Listening to the thunder
The sky is strange
Stretched over everyone
Listening to the tales
The child sings
That goes for days and days
Listening to the calls
Shouts, frustration
At twenty-one
I was born a son
And on that day I knew
I could kill
To protect the ones
We put bullets in guns
Or anything it takes
To take a life until it's still
Sunday, December 13, 2009
Song of the Day - Winter
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4 comments:
Actually read somewhere that Bono and Edge wrote the song specifically for "Brothers" (they all share the Irish connection). You can tell if you play close attention to the song. Both the film and song are amazing.
i'm a fan of that song as well, doc. i would differ from the earlier post on the value of the film (B), but i do like the song. apparently, sheridan used to run an arts center in dublin where bono actually took a class back in the late 70's. they have been friends ever since.
Love the song, but prefer this version better: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A4YKzzRL4fk
Has a little more urgency about it and features more of Edge's guitar in the mix.
I guess Bono did do the opening credits song on In the Name of Father which isn't nearly as good as Winter. Interesting 1970s connection, Priest.
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