And you went on for pages about how crappy New York's lyrics were?
Always is so insipid...name one thing and then name an item associated with it. Recycle old lyrics. Safety belts. It sounds like U2's first foray into children's music, or perhaps some interactive "guess what lyric comes next" game.
Beautiful Day is
leagues better.
Yeah, Beautiful Day is a better song. That's hard to deny, but there are some great lyrics in Always:
Here today
And gone tomorrow
Crack the bone, get to the marrow
To be the bee
And the flower
Before the sweetness turns to sour
What we have we're gonna keep... always
What we've lost we don't need... always
What is it that won't let you sleep... always
Be the arrow
And the target
Put your head over the parapet
Be uncool
Yes, be awkward
And don't look in the obvious place
The soul needs beauty for a soul mate
Get down off your holy cloud... always
God will not deal with the proud... always
Well if you dream then dream out loud... always
Eternally yours... always
I want you
I want you
I want you
(Here she come)
Touching the other side
I wanted to be in love
I wanted to call
(Hey, soon soon)
You say come to know yourself... always
Don't find yourself in someone else... always
And always wear a safety belt... always
Wait for me I'm running late... always
This is the moment that we share... for always
Turn each song into a prayer... always
Now and forever
For always
For always
For always
Not sure how these lyrics would best be described as "name one thing and an object associated with it" or how naming a thing and an object associated with it would proclude having anything of depth to say, but whatever...