Hey, sister love, hey, sister sun
Hey, oh my love, you turn me around tonight
Hey, sister love

Save my soul, save my soul
Hold on to love, hold on to love
Love won't let you go, love won't let you go
Hold on to love, see the sunshine in her soul

Hey, sister love, hey, see the sun aground
She come likes carnival, she is a big wheel
She turned my head around, turn my head around

She is the speedway
She is the slipstream
She is coming 'round

Hold on to love, hold on to love
Love won't to let you go
Hold on to love, hold on to love

See the sunlight in her soul
See the sunlight in her soul

She is the gun fire, she is the car crash
She is the avalanche, she is the thunder
She is the waves and she pulls me under

I love you 'cause I need to, not because I need you
I love you 'cause I understand, that God has given me your hand
Holds me in a tiny fist, and still I need your kiss

Hold on to love
See the sunlight in her soul
See the sunlight in her soul, yeah


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Luminous Times Lyrics as written by Brian Peter George Eno Adam Clayton

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    bono mumbles over the U2 backing track to find melodies and lyrics - and the result is - FANTASTIC !!! I love U2!

    coggsteron November 18, 2004   Link
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    love this song. its so self explanatory so dont complain about "wasting space". oh, and did anyone notice the statistics reset just now? WOOT! first new post.

    wordsofamutemanon April 07, 2006   Link
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    I love U2, but this song has never done anything for me. When I first heard it I thought, "Lots of sound and fury signifying nothing." Bono does his best to put some guts into an empty tune here. Sorry to be a poop, but that's what I get from this.

    PencilNeckedGeekon April 11, 2008   Link
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    Back before I got mad at U2, this was one of the songs I loved. I loved to go for walks along the river listening to it. I found it highly motivational 4 what I love to do best.

    If it was up 2 me though, I'd throw out the negative lines.

    Theresa1on May 23, 2008   Link
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    "I love you 'cause I need to Not because I need you I love you 'cause I understand That God has given me your hand He holds me in a tiny fist And still I need your kiss" Probably my favourite lyric ever in any song. I agree a bit with PencilNeckedGeek though, its very hit and miss. Apparently it came along too late in the Joshua Tree sessions for them to put enough work to get it onto the album. It's really the bare bones of what could have been an epic.

    logggerfloodleson May 24, 2010   Link

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