U2 Lyrics Mercy

"Mercy" Lyrics U2

On the current 360 Degree tour U2, have been playing and road testing new songs such as North Star and Every Breaking Wave, at the Munich show, U2 debuted Mercy. 

Originally a song left over from the recording sessions from How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb, Mercy appears to be destined for U2's expected album, Songs of Ascent.

This live version of Mercy featured a set of revised lyrics from Bono:

Mercy Lyrics

I was drinking some wine

And it turned to blood

What’s the use of religion

If you’re only good

I know I’m weed killer, honey

And you’re sugar

If you’re the prosecution

I get away with murder

You’re gravity searching for the ground

I’m silence searching for a sound

Your heart is aching

Your heart is my home

It’s fascinating

I know I’ll never be alone

You’re gonna kill me and I wanna die

We were meant for each other, you and I

Souls allowed to love

And there’s nowhere else to turn

You’re not sorry, you’re not gonna cry

You put the blue back in my eye

It’s just us

Because, because, because we can

We must

If you’re hunger, baby let me feed it

If your heart is full, baby let me bleed it

And happiness is for those who don’t really need it

You love me too much

You wanna kill me and I wanna die

We’re a perfect match, you and I

Slaves without the drug

And there’s no one else to trust

I’m not sorry, you’re not gonna cry

You put the blue back in my eye

It’s just us

Because, because, because we can

We must

I’m gonna kill me and I wanna die

We were meant for each other, you and I

Souls allowed to trust

And there’s no one left to trust

I’m not sorry, you’re not gonna cry

You put the blue back in my eye

It’s just us

Because, because, because we can

We must

Because, because, because we can

We must

Because, because, because we can

We must

Check out the lyrics to another song U2 have tested out, Flower of Glastonbury.

North Star U2 Lyrics

North Star Lyrics U2

These are the lyrics to the new song U2 debuted at the Turin, Italy gig on March 6, 2010. No telling where the song will end up, maybe on Songs of Ascent. In which case the lyrics could be totally different by then.

North Star was apparently written during the How to Dismantle and Atomic Bomb sessions and according to @U2, the song is a tribute to Johnny Cash.

U2 North Star Lyrics

Forty-five light years
From home
From where you are
Where I wanna be
Beside you

Looking for direction
Star to your affection
The space between you and me

I can’t wait any longer
For your love
I can’t wait
I can’t wait
I can’t wait any longer
For it
I can’t wait any longer
For your love

The birds still singing for them
As they fly above the firmament
It’s not a song of discontent
It’s not like that
Up in the sky

Here I am, a space guy
Caught between the love and logic
Out here in the universe
Hey hey

I can’t wait any longer
For your love
I can’t wait
I can’t wait
I can’t wait any longer
For it
I can’t wait any longer
For your love

And a day as it ends
And you watch as the sun goes down
Pray that the night
Will go quickly now
Your hope
Your prayer
And the clouds leave the sky alone
There’s only one light that can guide you
Guide you

I can’t wait any longer
I can’t wait any longer
For your love
I can’t wait any longer
For your love
I can’t wait
I can’t wait
I can’t wait any longer
For your love
For your love

It’s like the silence and shock
Of the lights up there shining
You want it
You got it
You want it

Also debuted during the night was the song, Glastonbury

Every Breaking Wave Lyrics by U2

Every Breaking Wave Lyrics by U2

Every Breaking Wave is the well discussed but as yet unpublished song left over from the U2's recording sessions of the album, No Line on the Horizon.

While talk is very cheap, U2 have talked about and talked up Every Break Wave since NLOTH was released, perhaps more than other songs from the same album! U2 Fans are guessing that the song will eventually be released when U2 get on their boots and finish the keenly anticipated album, Songs of Ascent.

Bono and Larry et al have talked about how they will record the the follow up album in the near future. I'm not holding my breath. U2 are booked to tour till NLOTH till at least the end of 2010. Maybe they will do a Zooropa on us and record in between concert dates. Again, please no breath holding as Bono and the Edge are also trying to lock down the now delayed Spider Man musical, Turn Off the Dark.

So what actually happened? U2 debuted Every Breaking Wave during a gig in Helsinki. Here's the lyrics from that night.

Every breaking wave
On the shore
Til the next one there’ll be one more

Every gambler knows
That to lose
Is what you’re really there for

Somewhere else, fearlessness
Now I’m speaking to an answer phone
Every falling leaf
On the breeze
Winter wouldn’t leave her alone

Ay hey now
Ay hey now

I don’t know if I’m that strong
I don’t know if I’m that strong
Don’t know if I’m that strong
To be somebody
To need someone

Every sailor knows that the sea
Is a friend made enemy
Every shipwrecked soul
Knows what it is
To live without intimacy
I thought I heard the master’s voice
It’s hard to listen while you preach

Like every broken wave
On the shore
This is as far as I can reach

Ay hey now
Ay hey now

I don’t know if I’m that strong
I don’t know if I’m that strong
Don’t know if I’m that strong
Got to be somebody
To need someone

The waves know
We’re on the rocks
Drowning is no sin

You know
That my heart
Is the same place yours has been

We know
Here with
The end before it begins

The waves know
We’re on the rocks
Drowning is no sin

You know
That my heart
Is the same place yours has been

We know
Here with
The end before it begins

Check out the lyrics to some other recently performed U2 songs, Glastonbury and North Star.