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I brought this up in another thread after the first couple shows, and I just listened to UF from one of the recent Paris shows, and I'm noticing the same thing I was before: big chunks of lyrics are absent from the second half of the song.
These are the proper lyrics to the song:
Ice
Your only rivers run cold
These city lights
They shine as silver and gold
Dug from the night
Your eyes as black as coal
Walk on by
Walk on through
Walk 'til you run
And don't look back
For here I am
Carnival
The wheels fly and the colors spin
Through alcohol
Red wine that punctures the skin
Face to face
In a dry and waterless place
Walk on by
Walk on through
So sad to besiege your love so head on
Stay this time
Stay tonight in a lie
I'm only asking but I
I think you know
Come on, take me away
Come on, take me away
Come on, take me home
Home again
And if the mountain should crumble
Or disappear into the sea
Not a tear, no not I
Stay in this time
Stay tonight in
Ever after, this love in time
And if you save your love
Save it all
Don't push me too far
Don't push me too far
Tonight
Tonight
Tonight
This is roughly what Bono has been singing:
Ice
Your only rivers run cold
These city lights
They shine as silver and gold
Dug from the night
Your eyes as black as coal
Walk on by
Walk on through
Walk 'til you run
And don't look back
For here I am
Carnival
The wheels fly and the colors spin
Through alcohol
Red wine that punctures the skin
Face to face
In a dry and waterless place
Walk on by
Walk on through
So sad to besiege your love so head on
Stay this time
Stay tonight in a lie
Stay now
Stay now
Stay now
Stay now
Don't push me too far
Don't push me too far
And if the mountain should crumble
Or disappear into the sea
Not a tear, no not I
Stay in this time
Stay now
Stay now
Stay now
Stay now
Don't push me too far
Don't push me too far
Tonight
Tonight
Tonight
So, my question is, has anyone else noticed this, and if so, do you think he is forgetting the lyrics, or do you think this is by design, that they just decided to drop some of the lyrics? It's a little curious - I'm thrilled they're playing the song at all, and vocally Bono is singing it very well, but the absence of those lyrics is curious to me.
These are the proper lyrics to the song:
Ice
Your only rivers run cold
These city lights
They shine as silver and gold
Dug from the night
Your eyes as black as coal
Walk on by
Walk on through
Walk 'til you run
And don't look back
For here I am
Carnival
The wheels fly and the colors spin
Through alcohol
Red wine that punctures the skin
Face to face
In a dry and waterless place
Walk on by
Walk on through
So sad to besiege your love so head on
Stay this time
Stay tonight in a lie
I'm only asking but I
I think you know
Come on, take me away
Come on, take me away
Come on, take me home
Home again
And if the mountain should crumble
Or disappear into the sea
Not a tear, no not I
Stay in this time
Stay tonight in
Ever after, this love in time
And if you save your love
Save it all
Don't push me too far
Don't push me too far
Tonight
Tonight
Tonight
This is roughly what Bono has been singing:
Ice
Your only rivers run cold
These city lights
They shine as silver and gold
Dug from the night
Your eyes as black as coal
Walk on by
Walk on through
Walk 'til you run
And don't look back
For here I am
Carnival
The wheels fly and the colors spin
Through alcohol
Red wine that punctures the skin
Face to face
In a dry and waterless place
Walk on by
Walk on through
So sad to besiege your love so head on
Stay this time
Stay tonight in a lie
Stay now
Stay now
Stay now
Stay now
Don't push me too far
Don't push me too far
And if the mountain should crumble
Or disappear into the sea
Not a tear, no not I
Stay in this time
Stay now
Stay now
Stay now
Stay now
Don't push me too far
Don't push me too far
Tonight
Tonight
Tonight
So, my question is, has anyone else noticed this, and if so, do you think he is forgetting the lyrics, or do you think this is by design, that they just decided to drop some of the lyrics? It's a little curious - I'm thrilled they're playing the song at all, and vocally Bono is singing it very well, but the absence of those lyrics is curious to me.