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U2 - In God's Country

U2 - In God's Country Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: The Joshua Tree
Released: 1987

In God's Country Lyrics

Yeah

Desert sky
Dream beneath a desert sky
The rivers run but soon run dry
We need new dreams tonight

Desert rose
Dreamed I saw a desert rose
Dress torn in ribbons and in bows
Like a siren she calls to me

Sleep comes like a drug
In God's country
Sad eyes, crooked crosses
In God's country

Set me alight
We'll punch a hole right through the night
Everyday the dreamers die
See what's on the other side

She is liberty
And she comes to rescue me
Hope, faith, her vanity
The greatest gift is gold

Sleep comes like a drug
In God's country
Sad eyes, crooked crosses
In God's country

Naked flame
She stands with a naked flame
I stand with the sons of Cain
Burned by the fire of love
Burned by the fire of love

Writer/s: ADAM CLAYTON, DAVE EVANS, PAUL HEWSON, LARRY MULLEN
Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group
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One of the songs on The Joshua Tree that explores American culture and politics, Bono's lyrics were inspired by the Statue Of Liberty in New York City. He was concerned that the American Dream was being threatened by shady politics.

The lyric, "I stand with the sons of Cain," refers to the Biblical Cain in the Book of Genesis. One of the sons of Cain, Jubal, was the first ever musician. According to the Genesis account, he was the "father of all who play the harp and lute."

Nickelback - What Are You Waiting For?

Nickelback - What Are You Waiting For? Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: No Fixed Address
Released: 2014

What Are You Waiting For? Lyrics

What are you waiting for wow oh (oh oh oh)
What are you waiting for wow oh (oh oh oh)
Are you waiting on a lightening strike
Are you waiting for the perfect night
Are you waiting till the time is right?
What are you waiting for wow
Don't you wanna learn to deal with fear
Don't you wanna take the wheel and steer
Don't you wait another minute here
What are you waiting for wow
What are you waiting for wow oh

You gotta go and reach for the top
Believe in every dream that you got
You only living one so tell me?
What are you, what are you waiting for?
You know you gotta give it your all
And don't you be afraid if you fall
You only living one so tell me?
What are you, what are you waiting for?

Are you waiting for the right excuse?
Are you waiting for a sign to choose
While your waiting it's the time you lose
What are you waiting for wow? (What are you waiting for wow)
Don't you wanna spread your wings and fly?
Don't you wanna really live your life?
Don't you wanna love before you die?
What are you waiting for wow?
What are you waiting for wow?

You gotta go and reach for the top
Believe in every dream that you got
You only living once so tell me
What are you, what are you waiting for?
You know you gotta give it your all
And don't you be afraid if you fall
You only living once so tell me
What are you, what are you waiting for?

Tell me what your waiting for (Tell me what your waiting for)
Show me what your aiming for (Show me what your aiming for)
What you gonna save it for? (What you gonna save it for?)
So what you really waiting for? (So what you really waiting for?)

Tell me what your waiting for (Tell me what your waiting for)
Show me what your aiming for (Show me what your aiming for)
What you gonna save it for? (What you gonna save it for?)
So what you really waiting for? (So what yo

Everybody's gonna make mistakes
But everybody's got a choice to make
Everybody needs a leap of faith
When are you taking yours?

What are you waiting for wow?

You gotta go and reach for the top
Believe in every dream that you got
You only living once so tell me
What are you, what are you waiting for?
You know you gotta give it your all
And don't you be afraid if you fall
You only living once so tell me
What are you, what are you waiting for?

You gotta go and reach for the top
(What are you) What are you waiting for wow?
Believe in every dream that you got
What are you, what are you waiting for?
You know you gotta give it your all
What are you, what are you waiting for wow?
You only living once so tell me
What are you, what are you waiting for?
What are you, what are you?
What are you, what are you waiting for?
What are you, what are you
What are you, what are you waiting for?

Writer/s: KASHER HINDLIN, JACOB / KROEGER, CHAD / PEAKE, RYAN / SRAN, GORDON
Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.
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Vocalist Chad Kroeger told Yahoo! Music how this song came about. "Once I heard that little production gag with the tail going at the end of it, I started spitting out these lines with the melody," he said. "I literally went, 'Are you waiting on a lightning strike? And are you waiting for the perfect night?' And everyone went, 'Ooooh.' The pens and the pads came out. And if I kept saying, 'Waiting, waiting, waiting,' we knew that it should be motivational song."

"Getting a job is safe. Chasing your dreams is dangerous," Kroeger added. "If this song is the motivational push for just one person to say, 'OK, that's it. I have to leave this mundane nine-to-five job behind me and I'm gonna go and pursue my lifelong dream and I'm not gonna stop until I get there,' then I've achieved what I set out to do."

U2 - Running To Stand Still

U2 - Running To Stand Still Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: The Joshua Tree
Released: 1987

Running To Stand Still Lyrics

And so she woke up
Woke up from where she was
Lying still
Said I gotta do something
About where we're going

Step on a steam train
Step out of the driving rain, maybe
Run from the darkness in the night
Singing ha, ah la la la de day
Ah da da da de day
Ah la la de day

Sweet the sin
Bitter than taste in my mouth
I see seven towers
But I only see one way out

You got to cry without weeping
Talk without speaking
Scream without raising your voice

You know I took the poison
From the poison stream
Then I floated out of here
Singing ha la la la de day
Ha la la la de day
Ha la la de day

She runs through the streets
With eyes painted red
Under a black belly of cloud in the rain
In through a doorway she brings me
White gold and pearls stolen from the sea
She is raging
She is raging
And the storm blows up in her eyes
She will

Suffer the needle chill
She's running to stand

Still

Writer/s: ADAM CLAYTON, DAVE EVANS, PAUL HEWSON, LARRY MULLEN
Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group
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This is about heroin addiction. Bono was inspired by a story he read about a man who smuggled heroin into Dublin to feed his habit. Bono was interested in how he got in that position.

The line about the "Seven Towers" refers to housing projects in Dublin where many drug users lived.

U2 has remained mostly drug-free, but they know many people who became addicts. A friend of theirs, Phil Lynott from Thin Lizzy, died from heroin abuse in 1986.

Bass player Adam Clayton was arrested in Ireland for marijuana possession in 1989. The conviction was waived in lieu of a donation to charity.

Lou Reed's "Walk On The Wild Side" was a big influence on this song.

Bono, March 1987, on the Joshua Tree songs: "A lot of the songs were ones that were recorded in Larry's spare bedroom or Adam's living room. When the red light's on we often don't respond to it. When we're just left to be, left to make music our own way, well some of the tracks are almost like demos. We had to fight to make them work and there were a lot of songs left over. It could have gone off in a number of different directions. We wanted the idea of a one-piece record, not a side-one, side-two thing." (thanks, Bertrand - Paris, France)

Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds - Do The Damage

Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds - Do The Damage Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: In The Heat Of The Moment
Released: 2014

Do The Damage Lyrics

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The B-side to "In The Heat Of The Moment," Noel Gallagher said of the tune: "It might be the 23rd best song I ever wrote. It was - for about a year - gonna be the opening track on the album until the 22nd best song I ever wrote appeared."

The song's music video was filmed in Westlake Los Angeles and features the roller derby group LA Derby Dolls.

U2 - With Or Without You

U2 - With Or Without You Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: The Joshua Tree
Released: 1987

With Or Without You Lyrics

See the stone set in your eyes
See the thorn twist in your side
I wait for you
Sleight of hand and twist of fate
On a bed of nails she makes me wait
And I wait, without you

With or without you
With or without you

Through the storm we reach the shore
You give it all but I want more
And I'm waiting for you

With or without you
With or without you
I can't live
With or without you

And you give yourself away
And you give yourself away
And you give
And you give
And you give yourself away

My hands are tied
My body bruised, she's got me with
Nothing to win and
Nothing left to lose

And you give yourself away
And you give yourself away
And you give
And you give
And you give yourself away

With or without you
With or without you
I can't live
With or without you
Oh

With or without you
With or without you
I can't live
With or without you

With or without you

Writer/s: ADAM CLAYTON, DAVE EVANS, PAUL HEWSON, LARRY MULLEN
Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group
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This was U2's first #1 hit in the US. It was the first U2 single to do better in America than in England.

The lyrics are about relationships, but can be interpreted many ways. They were written by Bono, who wanted to write a love song that dealt with real issues in relationships.

In 1987 Bono explained that everybody in the group knows what the line "And you give yourself away" means: "It's about how I feel in U2 at times - exposed. I'm not going to do many interviews this year. Because there's a cost to my personal life, and a cost to the group as well." (thanks, Kristine - Davenport, IA)

The Edge used a distortion device called an "Infinite Guitar" to create the wail. It was invented by Michael Brook, who The Edge worked with on the soundtrack for The Captive. Brook created the Infinite Guitar by replacing the pickup on a guitar with a magnetic device that vibrates the strings. Co-producer Daniel Lanois told Mojo magazine January 2008 about the recording of this song: "'For 'With Or Without You' we had the rhythm and the chords then we were testing Michael Brook's Infinite Guitar Invention. I asked Edge just to play a little something with it. He did two takes and those are the ones in the ultimate mix of 'With Or Without You.' Beautiful sounds, stratospheric."

This was voted best single of 1987 in a Rolling Stone magazine readers poll.

This won an MTV Viewer's Choice award in 1987.

Bono intended this as part of a trilogy with 2 other songs that did not make the album. At the time, he felt this did not make any sense without the other 2 songs.

This was played on 2 episodes of the show Friends. First towards the middle of the second season, then in the middle of the third season. It became the anthem of the characters Ross and Rachel after it was used in an episode where he dedicated it to her on the radio. (thanks, Britney - Calabasas, CA)

On the Rattle and Hum tour, Bono added the lyrics at the end... "Yeah, we'll shine like stars in the summer night, We'll shine like stars in the winter night, One heart, One hope, One love." (thanks, Bill - Johnstown, PA)

This was the first single that U2 released on CD. The single also appeared in CD Video format and is a rare collectible. About 50 copies were made to demo the Philips CDV system.

U2 played this for the first time in Tempe, Arizona on April 4, 1987, the second night of The Joshua Tree tour. Bono mixed in parts of Joy Division's "Love Will Tear Us Apart."

This was used in the 1994 movie Blown Away. (thanks, Bertrand - Paris, France, for above 3)

This returned twice to the UK Top 75 within the space of eight months, both due to performances by reality show contestants. In October 2008 following a performance by contestant Diana Vickers on X Factor and again in May 2009 thanks to Shaun Smith's rendition of the song during a semi-final edition of Britain's Got Talent.

Olly Murs - Let Me In

Olly Murs - Let Me In Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: Never Been Better
Released: 2014

Let Me In Lyrics

You keep that light on in your window
Undo the locks and let me in
I've come seeking my salvation
Of one who's lost in search of it
Of one who's lost in search of it

Let Me In and I will save you from the madness
Let me in and I will keep you from the storm
With every motion, every moment, that we've owned
I'll be here to break the fall

Keep that love light in your window
Till I'll get back home to you
Lift my heart and set my soul free
Tell me love is the only truth
Tell me love is the only truth

Let me in and I will save you from the madness
Let me in and I will keep you from the storm
There is an open book with stories to be told
I'll be here to tell them all

Let me in and we can fill our lives with magic
Let me in and we could keep with each other warm
With every motion, every moment, that we've hold
I'll be here to break the fall
I'm always here to break the fall

Writer/s: MURS, OLIVER STANLEY / WELLER, PAUL JOHN
Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group
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This song was written by Paul Weller. Speaking with The Sun, Murs said that the former Jam frontman approached him at a gig to praise his cover of "Broken Stones," which first appeared on Weller's 1995 Stanley Road album. "Paul came up to me and said, 'I loved the version of 'Broken Stones' you did,' Murs recalled. ''He said, 'Are you writing at the moment? I'll send you some songs.'"

"We went into the studio and reworked one," he added. "To get an endorsement from the Modfather himself is special. He's a musical legend."

Speaking to Q magazine, Paul Weller explained his decision to write the song for Olly Murs: "I thought it would upset some people, but that's not why I did it," he said. "He did a good cover of 'Broken Stones' and so when I met him I said, 'Do you want a grown-up song?' It's a good song."

Murs admitted to The Daily Telegraph that he didn't like Weller's original version, feeling that it needed to be "a little more commercial." He said: "I rang Paul with my version, thinking he'd say no, but he loved it. That gave me a huge confidence boost."

U2 - Where The Streets Have No Name

Americana, Americana,
U2 - Where The Streets Have No Name Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: The Joshua Tree
Released: 1987

Where The Streets Have No Name Lyrics

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I want to run
I want to hide
I want to tear down the walls
That hold me inside
I wanna reach out
And touch the flame
Where the streets have no name

I want to feel, sunlight on my face
I see that dust cloud disappear without a trace
I wanna take shelter from the poison rain

Where the streets have no name
Where the streets have no name
Where the streets have no name

We're still building
Then burning down love, burning down love
And when I go there
I go there with you
It's all I can do

The cities a flood
And our love turns to rust
We're beaten and blown by the wind
Trampled into dust

I'll show you a place
High on the desert plain

Where the streets have no name
Where the streets have no name
Where the streets have no name

Still building
Then burning down love
Burning down love

And when I go there
I go there with you
It's all I can do

Our love turns to rust
We're beaten and blown by the wind
Blown by the wind
Oh and I see love
See our love turn to rust
We're beaten and blown by the wind
Blown by the wind
Oh when I go there
I go there with you
It's all I can do

Writer/s: PAUL HEWSON, DAVE EVANS, ADAM CLAYTON, LARRY MULLERN (PKA U2)
Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group
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One Direction - Spaces

One Direction - Spaces Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: Four
Released: 2014

Spaces Lyrics

Who's gonna be the first one to start the fight?
Who's gonna be the first one to fall asleep at night?
Who's gonna be the last one to drive away?
Who's gonna be the last one to forget this place?

We keep taking turns
Will we ever learn?

Oh Spaces between us
Keep getting deeper
It's harder to reach you
Even though I try
Spaces between us
Hold all our secrets
Leaving us speechless
And I don't know why

Who's gonna be the first to say goodbye?

Who's gonna be the first one to compromise?
Who's gonna be the first one to set it all on fire?
Who's gonna be the last one to drive away?
Forgetting every single promise we ever made?

Oh spaces between us
Keep getting deeper
It's harder to reach you
Even though I try
Spaces between us
Hold all our secrets
Leaving us speechless
And I don't know why

Who's gonna be the first to say goodbye?

We keep taking turns
Will we ever learn?
When will we learn?

Oh spaces between us
Keep getting deeper
It's harder to reach you
Even though I try
Spaces between us
Hold all our secrets
Leaving us speechless
And I don't know why

Who's gonna be the first to say goodbye?
Who's gonna be the first to say goodbye?
Spaces between us
Spaces between us
The spaces between us
The spaces between us

Writer/s: PAYNE, LIAM / TOMLINSON, LOUIS / SCOTT, JAMIE / BUNETTA, JULIAN / RYAN, JOHN
Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Universal Music Publishing Group, BMG RIGHTS MANAGEMENT US, LLC
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Louis Tomlinson and Liam Payne wrote this song with frequent 1D songwriters Jamie Scott, Julian Bunetta and John Ryan. At least one of One Direction had a hand in penning ten out of the twelve tunes on Four, continuing the greater songwriting role they took on 2013's Midnight Memories where they contributed to twelve out of the fourteen tracks.

U2 - Elvis Presley And America

U2 - Elvis Presley And America Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: The Unforgettable Fire
Released: 1984

Elvis Presley And America Lyrics

(Black flash)
Black flash over my own love
Tell me of my eyes
Black flash come though my own life
Telling these things
And I believe them
And I believe in you

White flash sees the sky
And it turns its side from you
She won't turn my back
And I know you turn so blue
You know
And your sky is feeling blue
And your heart
So cold when I'm with you
You feel
Like no one told you to
And your time is your side
And your time with me
Ah, don't talk to me
Ah, don't talk to me
Don't talk to me

You know
Like no one told you how but you know
Though the king that howls has howled
We're like sentimental, but you don't care
If I just share it in your heart, heart
(Heart, heart)

Hopelessly, so hopelessly
I'm breaking through for you and me
You don't
Though no one told you to
And you found out
Where you were going, where to
You're through with me
But I know that you will be back for more

And you know
And though no one told you so
And you know, blue sky
Like a harder shade of blue
And you walk
When you want
To let go
Me, I'm on the outside, tell me not to fade away
Drop me down but don't break me
In your sleep

In your sleep, inside, it's in your heart and mine
Whole sea is dark, it's in your heart and mine

Sweetly, those will come
Loving is on your side walking through
So let me in your heart
Your beat is like something new

They
Run
See, say you're sad and reach by
So, say you're sad above beside
Oh, stay sad above beside
So, stay sad above we said

You know I don't
And no one told you how
And you don't
And you wipe sweat off your white brow, and you care
And no one told you tried
And your heart
Is left out from the side

And the rain beats down
And the shame goes down
And this rain keeps on coming down
And this sky
Tonight...

Give a S-O-N-G-why
Your joy to God
Give a S-O-N-G-why
Give away some in your life
Give away some while you're able

You know
And though no one told you sky
And you feel
Like you pretend you can, you say go, you live
Go live outside of me
Don't you leave
Don't leave out part of me, then I can feel
Like I feel before
Like it hurt now, and I see the floor
If you pick me up
Bits and pieces on this floor

Writer/s: ADAM CLAYTON, DAVE EVANS, PAUL HEWSON, LARRY MULLEN
Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group
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The result of Bono improvising lyrics about Elvis Presley in his "fat" period, when he was strung out on drugs, but still able to thrill a crowd.

This was created by slowing down the backing track of another song on the album, "A Sort Of Homecoming."

Bono had read a book on Elvis by Albert Goldman, which gave him the idea for the lyrics.

Bono's improvised vocal was completed in one take. He was ready to record more, but producer Brian Eno liked what he heard and told him it was done.

One of the few U2 songs they never performed live.

One Direction - Clouds

One Direction - Clouds Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: Four
Released: 2014

Clouds Lyrics

I know you said
That you don’t like it complicated
That we should try keep it simple
But love is never ever simple
No

Someday
You’re gonna see the things that I see
You’re gonna want air that I breathe
You’re gonna wish you never left me

Here we go again
Another go round for all of my friends
Another non stop will it ever end
Here we go again
Another go round for all of my friends
Another non stop will it ever end

If we’re never coming back down
Yeah we’re looking down on the clouds

I know you said
That you don’t like it complicated
That you are tired of all the changes
But love is always always changing
Woah

Someday
You’re gonna see the things that I see
You’re gonna want the air that I breathe
You’re gonna wish you never left me

Here we go again
Another go round for all of my friends
Another non stop will it ever end
Here we go again
Another go round for all of my friends
Another non stop will it ever end

If we’re never coming back down
Yeah we’re looking down on the clouds

And we go
And we go
And we go
And we don’t stop

But we don’t
No we don’t
No we don’t
Never go up

And we go
And we go
And we go
And we don’t stop

But we don’t
No we don’t
No we don’t
Never go up

Here we go again
Another go round for all of my friends
Another non stop will it ever end
Here we go again
Another go round for all of my friends
Another non stop will it ever end (Here we go again)

Here we go again
Another go round for all of my friends (Here we go again)
Another non stop will it ever end
Here we go again (Here we go again)
Another go round for all of my friends
Another non stop will it ever end (Here we go again)

Writer/s: MALIK, ZAYN / PAYNE, LIAM / TOMLINSON, LOUIS / SCOTT, JAMIE / BUNETTA, JULIAN / RYAN, JOHN
Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Universal Music Publishing Group, BMG RIGHTS MANAGEMENT US, LLC
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The guys sing here about a girl who finished a relationship as it became too complex for her:

I know you said, that you don't like it complicated
That you are tired of all the changes
Well love is always, always changing, oh

Louis Tomlinson and Liam Payne wrote the song with regular 1D collaborators Jamie Scott, Julian Bunetta and John Ryan. The same quintet also penned together the Four tracks "Ready To Run," "Fireproof" and "Spaces."

U2 - Bad

U2 - Bad Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: The Unforgettable Fire
Released: 1984

Bad Lyrics

If you twist and turn away
If you tear yourself in two again
If I could, yes I would
If I could, I would
Let it go
Surrender
Dislocate

If I could throw this lifeless lifeline to the wind
Leave this heart of clay
See you walk, walk away
Into the night
And through the rain
Into the half-light
And through the flame

If I could through myself
Set your spirit free, I'd lead your heart away
See you break, break away
Into the light
And to the day

Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
To let it go
And so to fade away
To let it go
And so, fade away

Wide awake
I'm wide awake
Wide awake
I'm not sleeping
Oh, no, no, no

If you should ask then maybe they'd
Tell you what I would say
True colors fly in blue and black
Bruised silken sky and burning flag
Colors crash, collide in bloodshot eyes

Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
If I could, you know I would, if I could, I would
Let it go

This desperation
Dislocation
Separation, condemnation
Revelation in temptation
Isolation, desolation
Let it go

And so fade away
To let it go
And so fade away
To let it go
Oh now, and so to fade away

I'm wide awake
I'm wide awake
Wide awake
I'm not sleeping
Oh, no, no, no

Writer/s: ADAM CLAYTON, DAVE EVANS, PAUL HEWSON, LARRY MULLEN
Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group
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This started as an improvisation by U2 guitarist The Edge, with the others joining in. It was recorded in three takes at Slane Castle in Dublin. The castle on the cover of The Unforgettable Fire is not Slane, but Moydrum Castle.

The lyrics do not specifically mention heroin, but Bono has introduced the song at concerts by saying it is about heroin addiction. A friend of theirs, Phil Lynott from the group Thin Lizzy ("The Boys Are Back In Town"), died after years of heroin abuse in 1986.

This is the second song on the album where Bono sings about a heroin addict. The first was "Wire."

This was not a radio hit, but it became a live favorite and a centerpiece at their concerts. The live version on their 1985 album Wide Awake In America helped them gain popularity in the US.

U2 performed a 14-minute version of this song at the London Live Aid concert in 1985, which included a trip by Bono into the crowd at Wembley Stadium. Their set, which also included "Sunday Bloody Sunday," was voted Best Live Aid Performance by readers of Rolling Stone.

A prerecorded keyboard track was used for live performances to free The Edge up on guitar.

Bono would mix in snippets of other artist's songs when singing this live. He left it alone for the Wide Awake In America recording because he did not want to get sued, as they did with "The Electric Company."

The Wide Awake In America version contains an edit. They screwed up the last note, so a good one from another show was spliced on.

Sting - Send Your Love

Sting - Send Your Love Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: Sacred Love
Released: 2003

Send Your Love Lyrics

Finding the world in the smallness of a grain of sand
And holding infinities in the palm of your hand
And Heaven's realms in the seedlings of this tiny flower
And eternities in the space of a single hour

Send Your Love into the future
Send your love into the distant dawn

Inside your mind is a relay station
A mission probe into the unknowing
We send a seed to a distant future
Then we can watch the galaxies growing

This ain't no time for doubting your power
This ain't no time for hiding your care
You're climbing down from an ivory tower
You've got a stake in the world we ought to share

You see the stars are moving so slowly
But still the earth is moving so fast
Can't you see the moon is so lonely
She's still trapped in the pain of the past

This is the time of the worlds colliding
This is the time of kingdoms falling
This is the time of the worlds dividing
Time to heed your call

Send your love into the future
Send your precious love into some distant time
And fix that wounded planet with the love of your healing
Send your love
Send your love

There's no religion but sex and music
There's no religion but sound and dancing
There's no religion but line and color
There's no religion but sacred trance

There's no religion but the endless ocean
There's no religion but the moon and stars
There's no religion but time and motion
There's no religion, just tribal scars

Throw a pebble in and watch the ocean
See the ripples vanish in the distance
It's just the same with all the emotions
It's just the same in every instance

There's no religion but the joys of rhythm
There's no religion but the rites of Spring
There's no religion in the path of hate
No prayer but the one I sing

Send your love into the future
Send your precious love into some distant time
And fix that wounded planet with the love of your healing
Send your love
Send your love

There's no religion but sex and music
There's no religion that's right or winning
There's no religion in the path of hatred
Ain't no prayer but the one I'm singing

Send your love
Send your love

Writer/s: STING /
Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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This was the first of three singles released from Sting's seventh solo album.

For this song, Sting was inspired by William Blake, a Romantic poet who was devoutly religious but critical of the Church of England. In Lyrics By Sting, the singer wrote: "The 'certainties' of the major faiths on the planet are becoming increasingly contradictory, illogical, and dangerous. If there is one thing they agree on, it is that the world is heading for annihilation. So if we are to have a future, we must find it beyond scripture and, like Blake, create a personal mythology, looking for spiritual meaning in the daily fabric of our lives."

Vicente Amigo plays the flamenco guitar on this.

"It was written during the post-9/11 confusion," Sting told Parade in 2003. "I've found what's truly sacred in life's small things. My religion is simple things, like love for my family. Hopefully, the world can be changed through acts of kindness, acts of affection and love - the idea of doing normal, everyday things that actually have an effect down the line. Plant a tree, have a baby. Be kind. Because the opposite works as well. You can send your hatred to the future. And we all know the end result."