Everlasting Love
U2 Lyrics
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I went away just when you needed me so
You won't regret I'll come back beggin' you
Don't you forget
Welcome love we once knew, yeah
Open up your eyes
Then you'll realize
Everlasting love
Need you by my side
Come and be my pride
You'll never be denied
Everlasting love
From the very start
Open up your heart
Feel the love you've got
Everlasting love
This love will last forever
This love will last forever
Hearts gone astray
Keeping up when they go
I went away
Just when you needed me so
You won't regret it
I'll come back begging you
Don't you forget
Welcome love we once knew, yeah
When life really flows
No one really knows
The sun will have to show them
Everlasting love
Like the sun it shines
Endlessly it shines
You always will be mine
Eternal love
Whenever love went wrong
Ours would still be strong
We'd have our own
Everlasting love
This love will last forever
This love will last forever
Open up your eyes
Then you'll realize
Here I stand with my
Everlasting love
Need you by my side
Come and be my pride
Never be denied
Everlasting love
From the very start
Open up your heart
Feel the love you've got
Everlasting love
Everlasting love
Everlasting love
Everlasting love
Everlasting love
The lyrics of U2's song "Everlasting Love" is a love song that speaks of a love that will never end. The opening line, "Hearts go astray, keeping hurt when they go", refers to the heartbreak that can happen in relationships, but that love endures. The singer mentions that he went away when the person needed him, but he is now back begging for forgiveness, a theme seen throughout the song. The chorus then repeats the phrase "Everlasting love" multiple times to emphasize the enduring nature of the love they have.
The second stanza speaks of opening one's eyes to see the singer's declaration of love. The line, "Whenever love went wrong, ours would still be strong" further emphasizes the theme of enduring love, even when there are challenges. The final stanza talks about a love that will last forever and never be denied, ending with the phrase "Everlasting love" repeated multiple times.
Overall, the song celebrates the power of love that endures through hardships and time. The singer pleads with the person they love to see their love as something that will never fade away.
Line by Line Meaning
Hearts go astray, keeping hurt when they go
When people's hearts wander, they often get hurt in the process
I went away just when you needed me so
I left at the time when you needed me the most
You won't regret I'll come back beggin' you
You'll be happy when I come back to you and apologize
Don't you forget
Welcome love we once knew, yeah
Remember the love we once had and let it back into your life
Open up your eyes
Then you'll realize
Here I stand with my
Everlasting love
If you open your eyes, you'll see that I'm still here with my love that will never die
Need you by my side
Come and be my pride
You'll never be denied
Everlasting love
I need you with me, and you should take pride in being with me because you'll always be accepted and loved
From the very start
Open up your heart
Feel the love you've got
Everlasting love
Since the beginning, you should have opened your heart and felt the love that will last forever
This love will last forever
This love will last forever
Our love is eternal and will never fade away
When life really flows
No one really knows
The sun will have to show them
Everlasting love
When life is good, you don't know how good it is until you experience the love that will last forever
Like the sun it shines
Endlessly it shines
You always will be mine
Eternal love
Our love will shine like the sun forever, and you'll always be mine with eternal love
Whenever love went wrong
Ours would still be strong
We'd have our own
Everlasting love
Even when other people's love failed, ours would remain strong and unique, with everlasting love
Everlasting love
Everlasting love
Everlasting love
Everlasting love
Everlasting love
Our love will never end or be forgotten, everlasting love
Lyrics ยฉ Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Written by: MAC GAYDEN, BUZZ CASON
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
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on eleven o' clock tick tock
And girls can make children but not like this one...so will just have to walk around with a painted face then...
LMewdowlark
on One
Baby, baby, baby, I know I'm not alone
Ha, ha, ha
Oh, it's not a hill it's a mountain
As you start out the climb
You see, for me, I've been shouting
Let's shout into the darkness, squeeze out sparks of light
You know we're gonna go crazy, you know we'll go crazy
You know we'll go crazy, if we don't go crazy tonight
Oh, slowly
Oh
Hold me slow
Again, these are the wrong lyrics. They are not the lyrics for 'One' but a different song. I pasted the correct lyrics in my other comment.
LMewdowlark
on One
And there's a part of you that wants me to riot
Everybody needs to cry or needs to spit
Every sweet-tooth needs just a little hit
Every beauty needs to go out with an idiot
How can you stand next to the truth and not see it?
Oh, change of heart comes slow
It's not a hill, it's a mountain
As you start out the climb
Do you believe me or are you doubting?
We're gonna make it all the way to the light
But I know I'll go crazy if I don't go crazy tonight
Every generation gets a chance to change the world
Pity the nation that won't listen to you boys and girls
Is the sweetest melody the one we haven't heard?
Is it true that perfect love drives out all fear?
The right to be ridiculous is something I hold dear
Oh, but change of heart comes slow
It's not a hill, it's a mountain
As you start out the climb
You see, for me, I've been shouting
But we're gonna make it all the way to the light
But I know I'll go crazy if I don't go crazy tonight
Is it getting better
Or do you feel the same?
Will it make it easier on you now
You got someone to blame?
You say, one love, one life
When it's one need in the night
One love, we get to share it
Leaves you, baby, if you don't care for it
Did I disappoint you
Or leave a bad taste in your mouth?
You act like you never had love
And you want me to go without
Well, it's too late tonight
To drag the past out into the light
We're one, but we're not the same
We get to carry each other, carry each other
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
You say love is a temple, love a higher law
Love is a temple, love the higher law
You ask me to enter but then you make me crawl
And I can't be holdin' on to what you got
When all you got is hurt
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
One