U2 – Smile

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Gravity, is not pulling me
I won't be a picture with no sign
Decaying, I'm praying
You are my air but
I need the ground to kneel upon
And love can't be a song
I don't want to see you smile

I'm breaking it, taking it
I'm breaking it slowly in mind
I'm seeing it, freeing it
I know love is in this soul of mine
It's not in your eyes
I don't want...
I don't want to see you smile

I started, light-hearted
It won't be easy like you said
I'm going, flowing
I'm leaving on the day of the dead
I will live again
You will live again
I don't want to see you smile

God knows it, knows me
Knows me, knows me
You sing, hear me love
Say it again, burnt out blind
The smoke machine is yours not mine
I don't want to see you smile

I will live again
You will live again
I just don't want to see you smile

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Track duration: 03:17


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    General Comment:I love this song! :]
    For the lyrics, I'm not sure what they mean actually. Since it's a demo, I guess the lyrics are kind of unfinished.
    "I don't wanna see you smile" can mean that he doesn't want you to fake a smile and just say that everything is all right, if it's not. That's about as far as I get...
    Flag gakkon November 27, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:Although no one has asked (yet), Smile was part of the "digital album" Unreleased & Rare, which was part of the iTunes U2 Digital Boxset "released" the same day as HTDAAB. I've heard rumors that this digitial album and/or songs are finally available for purchase (through iTunes) separate from the Digital Boxset. There are some real gems. Take a look at the tracklisting:

    u2wanderer.org/disco/…
    Flag rager1969on March 01, 2007   Link

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