U2- Winter

From the album "Songs Of Ascent"

Winter

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

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• Kingdom Of Your Love
• Tripoli
• Winter
• Every Breaking Wave
• If I Could Live My Life Again
• Love Is All We Have Left
• North Star
• Lead Me In The Way I Should Go
• You Can't Give Away Your Heart
• U2
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[80sinthe90s]

BEST band in the world. Without a doubt.

[nyredhead722]

LOVE this version !! Thankyou  :o) Can't wait for MORE U2 !!

[bratpadasia]

za to jestem im wierny od 85 roku

[TheCurl100]

They confirmed that a new album will be released in May 2011, Can't wait :)

[geoalambic]

Mon Dieu...si elle doit paraître sur l'album, qu'ils virent l'intro style violon viva la vida. Quelle horreur. Le reste de la chanson est tellement beau que pour moi cette intro l'égratigne sévèrement!!

[roliveiras]

Compare U2 with coldplay is a foolishness, U2 is too much better

[jowillcollection]

This was also in the movie Brothers, right? (but a little different version)

[nailledforme]

Awesome U2...back to the their best..when is the album coming out??

[TH0M4SGT]

Can't wait for Songs of Ascent (if that is what they call it)

[anthraxCZ]

i like the direction of this song - i hope it will also be a direction of songs of ascent