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right|thumb|U2 performing in 2005 U2 is a rock band from Dublin, Ireland. Formed in 1976, U2 have consistently been one of the most popular acts in the world since the mid-1980s. The band has sold upwards of 170 million albums worldwide. The band consists of Bono (vocals and guitar), The Edge (guitar, keyboards and vocals), Adam Clayton (bass guitar) and Larry Mullen (drums and percussion). Quotes When Aung San Suu Kyi was released, we punched the air. When she came to Dublin to thank Ireland and Amnesty International, we Irish could not have been more proud. When her party the NLD won a landslide in the elections and she stood her ground to become de-facto head of the country, an impossible journey seemed to be reaching its destination. We wanted to breathe a sigh of relief, but instead held our breath. She had built her reputation on her refusal to compromise her beliefs (as well as on the personal sacrifice that entailed), but forming a government requires a certain amount of pragmatism. We feared the military's brutality would be quick to show itself again if she overstepped the mark, and while hopeful for progress, we wondered if we would find ourselves once again campaigning for her release. But what has happened this year, and in particular these past months – this, we never imagined. Who could have predicted that if more than 600,000 people were fleeing from a brutal army for fear of their lives, the woman who many of us believed would have the clearest and loudest voice on the crisis would go quiet. For these atrocities against the Rohingya people to be happening on her watch blows our minds and breaks our hearts. … the violence and terror being visited on the Rohingya people are appalling atrocities and must stop. Aung San Suu Kyi's silence is starting to look a lot like assent. As Martin Luther King said: "The ultimate tragedy is not the oppression and cruelty by the bad people but the silence over that by the good people." The time has long passed for her to stand up and speak out. We know that Aung San Suu Kyi has in front of her real complexities that the outside world cannot understand — but nor should we have to. The complexity of the situation in Myanmar she inherited from her father did not sway her to compromise her ideals back in 1998, nor should it now.  At some point, a fragile balancing act becomes a Faustian pact. We also believe we can't direct our anger solely in her direction. That plays right into the hands of those who are carrying out the violence. Min Aung Hlaing is not a widely recognised name outside Myanmar — it should be. This man is the Commander General in Chief of the Defence Services who answers to no-one when a security threat is declared.  While this in no way excuses her silence, Aung San Suu Kyi has no control, constitutional or otherwise, over his actions, and it is he who has authorised and overseen the terrorization of the Rohingya people under the guise of protecting Myanmar from terrorism. Condemning her and ignoring him is a mistake. If this horror of human rights abuses is to stop, and if the long-term conditions for resettlement of the Rohingya people are to ever occur, General Min Aung Hlaing and his military must be just as much the focus of international action and pressure as Aung San Suu Kyi and her civilian government. 'THIS, WE NEVER IMAGINED…' at U2.com (11 Nov 2017) The brave people of Ukraine are fighting for their freedom — and for ours — in the face of unspeakable violence and an unjust invasion. More than 4 million people, mostly women and children, have had to flee for their lives — a population nearly the size of Ireland. World leaders must stand up and stand by Ukranians now ... those who are fighting and those who have fled ... and stand with refugees everywhere who have been forced from their homes and their lands. #StandUpForUkraine Instagram post, as quoted in "U2, Bruce Springsteen, Elton John and more share messages for 'Stand Up For Ukraine' campaign", NME (9 April 2022) Song lyrics All lyrics written by Bono, except as noted Boy (1980) I was on the outside when you saidYou said you needed me.I was looking at myself.I was blind, I could not see.A boy tries hard to be a manHis mother takes him by the handIf he stops to think, he starts to cry.Oh why? I Will Follow Monday morning, Eighteen years are dawning, I said "how long?" Out of Control Started a landslide in my egoLooked from the outside to the world I left behind.In the world I left behindWipe their eyes and then let goIn the world I left behindShed a tear and let love go. A Day Without Me October (1981) I try to sing this songI, I try to stand upBut I can't find my feet.I, I try to speak upBut only in you I'm complete. Gloria I can't change the worldBut I can change the world in meI rejoice. Rejoice I watched the way it wasThe way it was when he was with usAnd I really don't mindSleeping on the floorBut I couldn't sleep after what I sawI wrote this letter to tell youThe way I feel. Stranger in a Strange Land I wish you were hereI wish you were hereTo see what I could seeTo hearAnd I wish you were here Stranger in a Strange Land War (1983) I can't believe the news todayI can't close my eyes and make it go away.How long, how long must we sing this song?How long, how long?'Cos tonight,We can be as one, tonight. Sunday Bloody Sunday Broken bottles under children's feet,Bodies strewn across the dead end street.But I won't heed the battle call.It puts my back up,Puts my back up against the wall.Sunday, Bloody Sunday. Sunday Bloody Sunday And the battle's just begunThere's many lost, but tell me who has won?The trenches dug within our heartsAnd mothers, children, brothers, sistersTorn apart. Sunday Bloody Sunday Under a blood red skyA crowd has gathered in black and white,Arms entwined, the chosen few.The newspapers says, saysSay it's true it's true...And we can break through.Though torn in two,We can be one. New Year's Day And so we are told this is the golden ageAnd gold is the reason for the wars we wageThough I want to be with you,Be with you night and day.Nothing changesOn New Year's Day. New Year's Day I don't know, I don't know which side I'm on.I don't know my right from left or my right from wrong.They say I'm a fool, they say I'm nothingBut if I'm a fool for you oh, that's something. Two Hearts Beat as One The Unforgettable Fire (1984) And we live by the side of the roadOn the side of a hillAs the valleys explodeDislocated, suffocatedThe land grows weary of its own. A Sort of Homecoming One man come in the name of loveOne man come and go.One man come, he to justifyOne man to overthrow. Pride (In The Name Of Love) Early morning, April fourShot rings out in the Memphis skyFree at last, they took your lifeThey could not take your pride.In the name of love.Once more in the name of love.In the name of love.Once more in the name of love. Pride (In The Name Of Love) If I could, you know I would.If I could, I would let it go.This desperation.Dislocation.Separation.Condemnation.Revelation.Temptation.Isolation.Desolation.Let it go,And so to fade away. Bad SleepSleep tonightAnd may your dreamsBe realised. MLK Wide Awake in America (1986) Love don't need to find a wayYou find your own wayI forget that I can't stayAnd so I say thatAll roads lead to where you are. Love Comes Tumbling The Joshua Tree (1987) thumb|right| I wait, without youWith or without you... I want to run.I want to hide.I want to tear down the wallsThat hold me inside.I want to reach outAnd touch the flameWhere the streets have no name. Where the Streets Have No Name thumb|right|I'll show you a place, high on a desert plain, where the streets have no name The city's afloodAnd our love turns to rust.We're beaten and blown by the wind,Trampled in dust.I'll show you a placeHigh on a desert plainWhere the streets have no name. Where the Streets Have No Name I have climbed highest mountain;I have run through the fields.Only to be with you;Only to be with you.I have run;I have crawled.I have scaled these city walls,These city walls.Only to be with you. I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For You broke the bonds and youLoosed the chains,Carried the crossOf my shame.Of my shame.You know I believed it.But I still haven't found what I'm looking for. I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For See the stone set in your eyesSee the thorn twist in your side.I'll wait for you.Sleight of hand and twist of fateOn a bed of nails she makes me waitAnd I wait – without you.With or without you,With or without you. With or Without You See across the fieldSee the sky ripped openSee the rain comin' through the gapin' woundHowlin' the women and childrenWho run into the armsOf America. Bullet the Blue Sky Sweet the sin, bitter the taste in my mouth.I see seven towers, but I only see one way out.You gotta cry without weeping, talk without speakingScream without raising your voice. Running to Stand Still Sleep comes like a drug in God's countrySad eyes, crooked crosses, in God's country. In God's Country And in the world, a heart of darkness, a fire-zoneWhere poets speak their heart then bleed for it. One Tree Hill Rattle and Hum (1988) She's the candle burnin' in my roomYeah, I'm like the needleThe needle and spoonOver the counter, with a shotgunPretty soon, everybody's got oneI'm in a fever, when I'm beside herDesireDesire. Desire All I got is a red guitarThree chords and the TruthAll I got is a red guitarThe rest is up to you All Along the Watchtower, by Bob Dylan, these lyrics were added by Bono in verse 4 Blinded, you lost your wayIn the side streets and the alleywaysLike a star exploding in the nightFilling up the city with broad daylight. Angel of Harlem Many strangers have I metOn the road to my regretMany lost who seek to find themselves in me.They ask me to revealThe very thoughts they would conceal.Love, rescue me. Love Rescue Me, written with Bob Dylan I've conquered my pastThe future is here at lastI stand at the entrance to a new world I can see.The ruins to the right of meWill soon have lost sight of me.Love, rescue me. Love Rescue Me I was there when they crucified my LordI held the scabbard when the soldier drew his sword.I threw the dice when they pierced his sideBut I've seen love conquer the great divide. When Love Comes to Town When love comes to town I'm gonna jump that trainWhen love comes to town I'm gonna catch that flame.Maybe I was wrong to ever let you downBut I did what I did before love came to town. When Love Comes to Town Don't believe the devilI don't believe his bookBut the truth is not the sameWithout the lies he made up.Don't believe in excessSuccess is to giveDon't believe in richesBut you should see where I live.I, I believe in love. God Part II You say you want diamonds on a ring of goldYou say you want your story to remain untold.All the promises we makeFrom the cradle to the graveWhen all I want is you. All I Want Is You Achtung Baby (1991) thumb|right|We're one but we're not the same We get to carry each other, carry each other... 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 beenMy head is somewhere in betweenGive me one more chance, let me be your lover tonight. Even Better Than the Real Thing Did I disappoint you?Or leave a bad taste in your mouth?You act like you never had loveAnd you want me to go without.Well it'sToo lateTonightTo drag the past out into the light.We're one, but we're not the same.We get toCarry each other,Carry each other.One. One 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?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. One You say love is a temple, love a higher lawLove is a temple, love the higher law.You ask me to enter, but then you make me crawlAnd I can't be holding on to what you got, when all you got is hurt.<p>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 In my dream, I was drowning my sorrowsBut my sorrows they'd learned to swimSurrounding me, going down on meSpilling over the brimWaves of regret and waves of joy.I reached out for the one I tried to destroy.You, you said you'd wait till the end of the world. Until the End of the World Who's gonna ride your wild horses?Who's gonna drown in your blue sea?...Took a drive in the dirty rainTo a place where the wind calls your name Under the trees, the river laughing at you and me Hallelujah, heaven's white rose The doors you open, I just can't close...Don't turn aroundDon't turn around again...Come on now loveDon't you look back Who’s Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses It's alright, it's alright, it's alright She moves in mysterious ways. Mysterious Ways Johnny, take a dive with your sister in the rain Let her talk about the things you can't explain To touch is to heal, to hurt is to steal If you want to kiss the sky, better learn how to kneel. On your knees, boy. Mysterious Ways How far you gonna go before you lose your way back home?You been tryin' to throw your arms around the world. Tryin' to Throw Your Arms Around the World And a woman needs a man like a fish needs a bicycleWhen you're tryin' to throw your arms around the world. Tryin' to Throw Your Arms Around the World You bury your treasure where it can't be foundBut your love is a secret that's been passed around.There is a silence that comes to a houseWhere no-one can sleep.I guess it's the price of love; I know it's not cheap. Ultraviolet (Light My Way) Pop (1997) It's the blind leading the blondIt's the cops collecting for the cons.So where is the hope andWhere is the faith and the love?What's that you say to meDoes love light up your Christmas tree?The next minute you're blowing a fuseAnd the cartoon network turns into the news. If God Will Send His Angels Jesus never let me downYou know Jesus used to show me the score.Then they put Jesus in show businessNow it's hard to get in the door.It's the stuff, it's the stuff of country songsBut I guess it was something to go on.Hey, if God will send his angelsI sure could use them here right now If God Will Send His Angels She feel the ground is giving wayBut she thinks we're better off that way.The more you take, the less you feelThe less you know the more you believeThe more you have, the more it takes today. Last Night on Earth Staring at the Sun (1997 EP) There was a badness that had its wayLove was not lost, love will have its day "North and South of the River" All That You Can't Leave Behind (2000) It's a beautiful day. Don't let it get away. Beautiful Day You're on the road,But you've got no destination.You're in the mud,In the maze of her imagination.You love this town,Even if it doesn't ring true.You've been all overAnd it's been all over you. Beautiful Day What you don't have you don't need it now, What you don't know you can feel it somehow. Beautiful Day I'm not afraid of anything in this worldThere's nothing you can throw at me that I haven't already heardI'm just trying to find a decent melodyA song that I can sing in my own company Stuck in a Moment You Can't Get Out Of You've got to get yourself togetherYou've got stuck in a moment and now you can't get out of it.Don't say that later will be better now,You're stuck in a moment and you can't get out of it. Stuck in a Moment You Can't Get Out Of High, higher than the sunYou shoot me from a gunI need you to elevate me here,At the corner of your lipsAs the orbit of your hipsEclipse, you elevate my soul. Elevation And love is not the easy thing...The only baggage you can bringIs all that you can't leave behind. Walk On Walk on, walk on What you got they can't steal it No they can't even feel it Walk on, walk on... Stay safe tonight. Walk On Leave it behindYou've got to leave it behind:All that you fashionAll that you makeAll that you buildAll that you breakAll that you measureAll that you stealAll this you can leave behindAll that you reasonAll that you senseAll that you speakAll you dress upAll that you scheme. Walk On How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb (2004) Lights go down, it's darkThe jungle is your headCan't rule your heartA feeling is so much stronger thanA thoughtYour eyes are wideAnd though your soulIt can't be boughtYour mind can wander.Hello helloI'm at a place called VertigoIt's everything I wish I didn't knowExcept you give me something I can feel, feel. Vertigo The songs are in your eyesI see them when you smileI've had enough I'm not giving upOn a miracle drug.Of science and the human heartThere is no limitThere is no failure here sweetheartJust when you quit. Miracle Drug Tough, you think you've got the stuffYou're telling me and anyoneYou're hard enough.You don't have to put up a fightYou don't have to always be rightLet me take some of the punchesFor you tonight. Sometimes You Can't Make It on Your Own Sometimes you can't make it on your ownSometimes you can't make itThe best you can do is to fake itSometimes you can't make it on your own. Sometimes You Can't Make It on Your Own thumb|right|City of Blinding Lights The more you see the less you knowThe less you find out as you goI knew much more then than I do nowNeon heart dayglo eyesA city lit by firefliesThey're advertising in the skiesFor people like us. City of Blinding Lights I like the sound of my own voiceI didn't give anyone else a choiceAn intellectual tortoiseRacing with your bullet train.Some people get squashed crossing the tracksSome people got high rises on their backsI'm not broke, but you can see the cracksYou can make me perfect again. All Because of You True love never can be rentBut only true love can keep beauty innocent. A Man and a Woman I could never take a chanceOf losing love to find romanceIn the mysterious distanceBetween a man and a woman. A Man and a Woman Would you deny for othersWhat you demand for yourself? Crumbs from Your Table You speak of signs and wondersBut I need something otherI would believe if I was ableBut I'm waiting on the crumbs from your table. Crumbs from Your Table Where you live should not decideWhether you live or whether you die. Crumbs from Your Table Well the heart that hurtsIs a heart that beats. One Step Closer Take these shoesClick clacking down some dead end streetTake these shoesAnd make them fit. Yahweh Take these handsTeach them what to carry.Take these handsDon't make a fist.Take this mouthSo quick to criticizeTake this mouthGive it a kiss. Yahweh U218 Singles (2006) Love makes strange enemiesMakes love where love may pleaseThe soul and its stripteaseHate brought to its kneesThe sky over our headWe can reach it from our bedYou let me in your heartAnd out of my head, head.Oh can't you see what love has done?Oh can't you see what love has done?Oh can't you see what love has done?What it's done to me? Window in the Skies No Line on the Horizon (2009) I was bornI was born to sing for you
I didn't have a choice but to lift you upAnd sing whatever song you wanted me to.I give you back my voiceFrom the womb my first cry, it was a joyful noise. Magnificent, written with The Edge I tied myself with wire To let the horses roam free Playing with the fire Until the fire played with me. Moment of Surrender This shitty world sometimes produces a rose The scent of it lingers and then it just goes Cedars Of Lebanon Choose your enemies carefully ‘cos they will define you Make them interesting ‘cos in some ways they will mind you They’re not there in the beginning but when your story ends Gonna last with you longer than your friend Cedars Of Lebanon External links Official band website U2 on Verboo Category:Irish bands Category:Alternative rock bands Category:Post-punk Category:Brit Award winners Category:MTV Europe Music Award winners