Heartland
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See the sun rise over her skin
Don't change it
See the sun rise over her skin
Dawn changes everything
Everything
And the delta sun
Burns bright and violet
Mississippi and the cotton wool heat
Sixty-six a highway speaks
Of deserts dry
Of cool green valleys
Gold and silver veins
Of the shining cities
In this heartland
In this heartland soil
In this heartland
Heaven knows this is a heartland
Heartland...heartland
See the sun rise over her skin
She feels like water in my hand
Freeway like a river cuts through this land
Into the side of love
Like a burning spear
And the poison rain
Brings a flood of fear
Through the ghost-ranch hills
Death valley waters
In the towers of steel
Belief goes on and on
In this heartland
In this heartland soil
In this heartland
Heaven knows this is a heartland
Heartland...heaven knows this is a heartland
Heartland...heartland
Heartland...heaven's day here in the heartland
Heart...
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even though it's a tough call, heartland and one tree hill are probably the best two peices of work that bono has ever written. IMO, in order for lyrics to be considered great, they have to be able to stand alone, without a song behind them. take the music away from these two songs and you've still got poetry that is simply awesome.
the most amazing thing to me is that the band gives bono the music and asks him to find lyrics that will fit it. to me, this is extemely hard to do. he's got to read the mood of the music and make up a poem or story to go along with it. even more amazing is the fact that he's been able to write from the heart at times, and laugh at himself and the world at others. the man is more talented than i could ever imagine being. keep up the good work bono!
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"i took the money, i spiked your drink. you miss too much these days if you stop to think." -Bono (of course)