U2 - Every Breaking Wave

*Disclaimer: This is meant for people’s enjoyment purposes and not as copyright* 2. “Every Breaking Wave“ Produced by: Danger Mouse and Ryan Tedder The biggest classic-U2 ballad on Songs of Innocence. “Wave“ was originally slated for Songs of Ascent (the abandoned follow-up to No Line on the Horizon); the band played a radically different, stripped-down version a few times in 2010. They’ve since fleshed it out dramatically, completely re-written the chorus and tinkered with some of the verses. Songs of Innocence isn’t a full-on concept record about the band’s youth. Enjoy. Lyrics: Every breaking wave on the shore Tells the next one “there’ll be one more“ And every gambler knows that to lose Is what you’re really there for Summer I was fearless Now I speak into an answer phone Like every fallen leaf on the breeze Winter wouldn’t leave it alone, alone [Chorus:] If you go... If you go your way and I go mine Are we so... Are we so helpless against the tide? Baby, every dog on the street Knows that we’re in love with defeat Are we ready to be swept off our feet And stop chasing every breaking wave? 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 captain’s voice But it’s hard to listen while you preach Like every broken wave on the shore This is as far as I could reach [Chorus] The sea knows where are the rocks And drowning is no sin You know where my heart is The same place that yours has been We know that we fear to win And so we end before we begin Before we begin [Chorus]