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This time around, share your favorite lyrics from "Achtung Baby".

Here's mine:

Zoo Station:

The cool of the night
The warmth of the breeze
I'll be crawling 'round
On my hands and knees

Even Better Than The Real Thing:

Give me one more chance
And you'll be satisfied
Give me two more chances
You won't be denied

Well, my heart is where it's always been
My head is somewhere inbetween
Give me one more chance
Let me be your lover tonight

One:

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

And I like this verse, too:

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?

Until The End Of The World:

You lead me on with those innocent eyes
You know I love the element of surprise
In the garden I was playing the tart
I kissed your lips and broke your heart

Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses?:

You're an accident waiting to happen
You're a piece of glass left there on the beach
Well, you tell me things I know you're not supposed to
Then you leave me just out of reach

And this verse also:

Well, you stole it, 'cause I needed the cash
And you killed it, 'cause I wanted revenge
Well, you lied to me 'cause I asked you to
Baby, can we still be friends?

So Cruel:

I disappeared in you
You disappeared from me
I gave you everything you ever wanted
It wasn't what you wanted

And:

Oh, love
You say in love there are no rules
Oh, love, sweetheart
You're so cruel

And:

Her skin is pale like God's only dove
Screams like an angel for your love
Then she makes you watch her from above
And you need her like a drug

The Fly:

Actually, I like the lyrics to this entire song. I think every line in this song is neat.

Mysterious Ways:

It's alright, it's alright, it's alright
She moves in mysterious ways

And:

To touch is to heal
To hurt is to steal

And:

One day you will look
Back
And you'll see
Where
You were held
How
By this love
While
You could stand
There
You could move on this moment
Follow this feeling

Tryin' To Throw Your Arms Around The World:

Six o'clock in the morning
You're the last to hear the warning
You've been trying to throw your arms around the world
You've been falling off the sidewalk
Your lips move but you can't talk
You've been trying to throw your arms around the world

I'm gonna run to you, run to you, run to you
Be still
I'm gonna run to you, run to you, run to you
Woman I will

Ultraviolet (Light My Way):

Oh, sugar, don't you cry
Oh, child, wipe the tears from your eyes
You know I need you to be strong
And the day is as dark as the night is long
Feel like trash, you make me feel clean
I'm in the black, can't see or be seen

Baby, baby, baby, light my way

And:

There is a silence that comes to a house
Where no one can sleep

Acrobat:

No, nothing makes sense
Nothing seems to fit
I know you'd hit out
If you only knew who to hit
And I'd join the movement
If there was one I could believe in
Yeah, I'd break bread and wine
If there was a church I could receive in
'cause I need it now

To take a cup
To fill it up
To drink it slow
I can't let you go
I must be an acrobat
To talk like this
And act like that
And you can dream
So dream out loud
And don't let the bastards grind you down

Love Is Blindness:

Love is blindness
I don't want to see
Won't you wrap the night
Around me
Oh, my love
Blindness

A little death
Without mourning
No call
And no warning
Baby
A dangerous idea
That almost makes sense

Love is drowning
In a deep well
All the secrets
And no one to tell
Take the money
Honey
Blindness

Angela
 
Did I ask too much?
More than a lot?
You gave me nothing
Now it's all I got

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

--One

In my dreams, I was drowning in sorrows
But my sorrows they had learned to swim
Surrounding me, going down on me,
spilling over the brim
Waves of regret and waves of joy
I reached out for the one I'd tried to destroy
You, you said you'd wait until the end of the world...

--Until the End of the World

you're dangerous 'cause you're honest
you're dangerous, you don't know what you want

...and you lied to me 'cause I asked you to;
Baby, can we still be friends?

--Who's Gonne Ride Your Wild Horses

you don't know if it's fear or desire
danger the drug that takes you higher

--So Cruel

More to come...
 
I'm gonna run to you, run to you, run to you
woman be still
gonna run to you, run to you, run to you
woman I will

--Tryin' to Throw Your Arms Around the World

to touch is to feel
to hurt is to steal
if you wanna kiss the sky
better learn how to kneel
on your knees boy

--Mysterious Ways

There is a silence that comes to a house
where no one can sleep
I guess that's the price of love
I know it's not cheap
Come on, baby, baby, baby, light my way

--Ultraviolet
 
Time is a train makes the future the past,
leaves you standing in the station
your face pressed up against the glass.
-Zoo Station

The deeper I spin
The hunter will sin...for your ivory skin...

***Well you lied to me
'Cos I asked you to
Baby...can we still be friends? ***
-Who's Gonna Ride Your wild Horses

Desperation is a tender trap
it gets you everytime.
-So Cruel

***Love,
we shine like a burning star
we're falling from the sky
tonight... ***
-The Fly

Don't believe what you hear
don't believe what you see,
if you just close your eyes
you can feel the enemy.
-Acrobat

***In a parked car in a crowded street
you see your love made complete ***

Love is blindness, I don't want to see
won't you wrap the night around me
Oh my love...love is blindness
-Love Is Blindness

Those '*' are my absolute favourites.
 
Love is a temple
Love a higher law
Love is a temple
Love the higher law

and

You've been falling off the sidewalk
Your lips move but you can't talk
Tryin' to throw your arms around the world

and

If you want to kiss the sky
Better learn how to kneel


(On your knees boy)
 
[COLOR=royal blue]Zoo Station
I'm ready to say
I'm glad to be alive


I'm ready for the gridlock
I'm ready...to take it to the street
I'm ready for the shuffle
Ready for the deal
Ready to let go of the steering wheel
I'm ready
Ready for the crush

EBTTRT
Well my heart is where it's always been
My head is somewhere in between

One I wanna say the whole song......but I'll just pick the end fer now
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
Well 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

UTEOTW
In the garden I was playing the tart
I kissed your lips and broke your heart
You...you were acting like it was
The end of the world


Waves of regret and waves of joy
I reached out for the one I tried to destroy

WGRYWH My fav AB song....how do I choose?
You're dangerous 'cause you're honest
You're dangerous, you don't know what you want


You're an accident waiting to happen


The doors you open
I just can't close :yes: :sad: :idea:

So Cruel
We crossed the line
Who pushed who over
It doesn't matter to you
It matters to me


Her lips say one thing
Her movements something else


Between the horses of love and lust
We are trampled underfoot

The Fly
Every artist is a cannibal, every poet is a thief
All kill their inspiration and sing about their grief


There's a lot of things, if I could I'd rearrange

Mysterious Ways
To touch is to heal
To hurt is to steal


One day you will look...back
And you'll see...where
You were held...how
By this love...while
You could stand...there
You could move on this moment
Follow this feeling

TTTYAATW
How far you gonna go
Before you lose your way back home
You've been trying to throw your arms
Around the world


and the chorus is so sweet :)

Ultraviolet
Feel like trash, you make me feel clean

I had opera in my head

Acrobat
you can dream
So dream out loud


I know you'd hit out
If you only knew who to hit
And I'd join the movement
If there was one I could believe in
Yeah I'd break bread and wine
If there was a church I could receive in
'cause I need it now


In dreams begin
Responsibilities
And I can love

Love is Blindness
All the secrets
And no one to tell
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Okay, first off, I just want to say that 'One' is Bono's finest moment as a songwriter; pick any line from that entire song, and you've got a piece of greatness.

That said, one of my favourite lines from the entire album would have to be:
In dreams begin responsibilities
It's such a profound statement, and it comes after the intensity, the turmoil that the entire album has to run through in order to get to that statement. I'm not quite sure if it is the epiphany of Achtung Baby, but it certainly is worthy of the attention that the album calls for.
 
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