Just got the new U2 album today, and I haven’t even had a chance to listen to all the tracks all the way through yet, but I’ve got to say that this is some of the best songwriting around today. I highly recommend it. Here is an excerpt from the last track titled “Yaweh”:
Take this city
A city should be shining on a hill
Take this city
If it be your will
What no man can own, no man can take
Take this heart
Take this heart
Take this heart
And make it break
For more (including all lyrics), see here. Particularly, be sure to check out Miracle Drug and All Because of You in addition to the above quoted Yaweh.
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the album’s not what i expected based on the single. you’ve identified the immediate standout tracks. their albums have never had a consistant visceral impact on me, for some reason they truly are a singles band.