LOVE this song!!!

Sunnygal41

U2-ONE

Is it getting better
Or do you feel the same
Will it make it easier on you now
You got someone to blame

You say
One love
One life
When it's one need
In the night
It's one love
We get to share it
It leaves you baby
If you don't care for it

Did I disappoint you?
Or leave a bad taste in your mouth?
You act like you never had love
And you want me to go without

Well it's too late
Tonight
To drag the past out
Into the light
We're one
But we're not the same
We get to carry each other
Carry each other
One

Have you come here for forgiveness
Have you come to raise the dead
Have you come here to play Jesus
To the lepers in your head
Did I ask too much
More than a lot
You gave me nothing
Now it's all I got
We're one
But we're not the same
We hurt each other
Then we do it again

You say
Love is a temple
Love a higher law
Love is a temple
Love the higher law
You ask me to enter
But then you make me crawl
And I can't be holding on
To what you got
When all you got is hurt

One love
One blood
One life
You got to do what you should

One life
With each other
Sisters
Brothers

One life
But we're not the same
We get to carry each other
Carry each other
One... one...

lowden

Hey Sunny

Well i find myself agreeing here. Not a massive U2 fan but ONE is their best song IMO and it's also the song of theirs that i enjoy singing the most, it's part of my repetoire (i'm a musician/guitarist). I love to belt it out and feel the song fly out of my lungs.....'love is a temple, love the higher law'.....

A classic in that gospel tradition that they did so well with I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For.

Peace

Lowden

fullofdoubtnow

I like the early U2 stuff, and I agree that is one of their very best, along with most of the tracks on the Joshua Tree. My personal favourite is this one:

Running to Stand Still

And so she woke up
Woke up from where she was lying still
Said I got to do something about where we're going
Step on a steam train
Step out of the driving rain
Maybe run from the darkness in the night
Singing ha la la la di day - ha la la la di day

Sweet the sin
Bitter the taste in my mouth
I see seven towers
But I only see one way out
You got to cry without weeping
Talk without speaking
Scream without raising your voice
You know I took the poison from the poison stream
Then I floated out of here
Singing ha la la la di day - ha la la la di day

She runs through the streets
With her eyes painted red
Under black belly of cloud in the rain
In through a doorway she brings me
White gold and pearls, stolen from the sea
She is raging - she is raging
And the storm blows up in her eyes
She will suffer the needle chill
She is running to stand still

Stealth453

Not a U2 fan at all, but I do like that one...a little smoke...a little wine...good tune.

deeskis

My fav U2 song is with or without you (yes I know, 80's time warp!), I love it and sing it with my band.

Through the storm we reach the shore
You give it all but I want more
And I'm waiting for you

With or without you
With or without you
I can't live
With or without you

And you give yourself away
And you give yourself away
And you give
And you give
And you give yourself away

My hands are tied
My body bruised, he's got me with
Nothing to win and
Nothing left to lose

And you give yourself away
And you give yourself away
And you give
And you give
And you give yourself away

With or without you
With or without you
I can't live
With or without you

Fleur

U2's music has gotten me through a lot of rough days. Especially this one...

Walk On

And love
It's not the easy thing
The only baggage
That you can bring
Not the easy thing
The only baggage you can bring
Is all that you can't leave behind

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
Before the second you turn back
Oh no, be strong

Walk on
Walk on
What you got, they can't steal it
No they can't even feel it

Walk on
Walk on
Stay safe tonight

You're packing a suitcase for a place
None of us has been
A place that has to be believed
To be seen

You could have flown away
A singing bird
In an open cage
Who will only fly
Only fly for freedom

Walk on
Walk on
What you got
You can't deny it
Can't sell it or buy it

Walk on
Walk on
Stay safe tonight

And I know it aches
How your heart it breaks
You can only take so much

Walk on
Walk on

Home
Hard to know what it is
If you never had one
Home
I can't say where it is
But I know I'm going
Home
That's where the hurt is

And I know it aches
And your heart it breaks
You can only take so much
Walk on

Leave it behind
You've got to leave it behind...

--------------------

~essie

Wordly Andre

U2 -All I want is you

You say you want
Diamonds on a ring of gold
You say you want
Your story to remain untold

But all the promises we make
From the cradle to the grave
When all I want is you

You say you'll give me
A highway with no one on it
Treasure just to look upon it
All the riches in the night

You say you'll give me
Eyes in a moon of blindness
A river in a time of dryness
A harbour in the tempest
But all the promises we make
From the cradle to the grave
When all I want is you

You say you want
Your love to work out right
To last with me through the night

You say you want
Diamonds on a ring of gold
Your story to remain untold
Your love not to grow cold

All the promises we break
From the cradle to the grave
When all I want is you

You...all I want is...
You...all I want is...
You...all I want is...
You...

Satanus

ONE is very powerful. I had to read the lyrics really fast to avoid reacting.

S

tijkmo

it's part of my repetoire (i'm a musician/guitarist). I love to belt it out and feel the song fly out of my lungs.....'love is a temple, love the higher law'.....

ha me too...along with acoustic kite, running to stand still, so cruel, whos gonna ride your wild horses, stuck in a moment, faraway so close, gone, all i want is you, angel of harlem, walk on

at one of the flats i lived in the upstairs neighbour came and introduced himself and said he thought it was records i was playing and was well impressed at the fact it was me singing...not as impressed as me tho..

i have seen u2 4 times...the unforgettable fire tour in edinburgh...as a backdrop unbeknown to them the setting sun was blood red..

the pop (i loved that cd) tour - edinburgh again - with the giant lemon and the worlds biggest tv etc

the last tour... glasgow - brilliant visuals disappointing sound

but the best ever gig i saw in my life (equalled only by pink floyd's the wall) was at parkhead glasgow during the zoo-tv tour. the musical content was fantastic, the sound terrific, the visuals were stunning - the huge wall of tvs, the russian cars headlights as search beams, the crusifixes transforming into swasticas (dont let it happen again), the female arabian dancer, the finale of dirty day-bullet the blue sky-running to stand still (hallel hallel hallelujah)-where the streets have no name was truly spine tingling...but it was the tension caused by bonos politcal manouvres that made this tour so intriguing...the video link ups to serbia, the attempted phone calls to high ranking politicians - george bush refused to speak to him..bill clinton accepted...in glasgow he phoned the then scottish secretary - who lived in england..it made the gig more than just a rock concert

funny i was watching it last night on video...not the best recording in the world but still terrific...it was the sydney gig at the end of the tour and bono phones a local taxi company to get picked up at the stadium..the operator thinks it is some kind of drunken joke and puts the phone down on him..silly girl..bet she never lived that down

...and we stoop so low...to reach so high

Sunnygal41

wow! some GREAT memories in this thread..........thank you all for sharing them with me..........i'd forgotten how i used to "belt out" my fave parts of all of these songs............guess my age is showing!! LOL!

LOVE this song!!!

Running to Stand Still

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