U2 – Miss Sarajevo

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Is there a time for keeping your distance
A time to turn your eyes away
Is there a time for keeping your head down
For getting on with your day

Is there a time for kohl and lipstick
A time for curling hair
Is there a time for high street shopping
To find the right dress to wear

Here she comes, oh oh
Heads turn around
Here she comes
To take her crown

Is there a time to run for cover
A time for kiss and tell
Is there a time for different colors
Different names you find it hard to spell

Is there a time for first communion
A time for East Seventeen
Is there a time to turn to Mecca
Is there time to be a beauty queen

Here she come, oh oh
Beauty plays the clown
Here she comes
Surreal in her crown

Dici che il fiume
Trova la via al mare
E come il fiume
Giungerai a me
Oltre i confini
E le terre assetate
Dici che come fiume
Come fiume
L'amore giungerà
L'amore
E non so più pregare
E nell'amore non so più sperare
E quell'amore non so più aspettare

Is there a time for tying ribbons
A time for Christmas trees
Is there a time for laying tables
And the night is set to freeze

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Track duration: 07:01

"Miss Sarajevo" as written by Bono Brian Eno

Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group

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    General Comment:A couple of quick lyric corrections: "...RUN FOR cover"; "turn TO Mecca".

    I always thought the line "different names you find it hard to spell" is a great way of evoking cultural difference - although it also works as a reference to fashion labels etc.

    In a Vertigo Tour live version of this song some lyrics were altered as follows:

    "Is there a time for first Communion?
    Is there a time for Synagogue?
    Is there a time to turn to Mecca?
    Beauty queen before God"

    Flag MDC1975on June 19, 2011   Link
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    General Comment:Pavorotti is a beast in this song. Wow.
    Flagged actanonverbaon August 12, 2010   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:Absolutely beautiful yet so sad at the same time. One of the best Passengers / U2 songs ever created.
    Flag drewhigginson January 03, 2010   Link
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    General Comment:If you know the meaning of this song, and you're just like me, you will be listening to it on repeat and sobbing, not crying, for minutes on end.

    Was a more beautiful/sad song ever crafted? I think not.

    "DON'T LET THEM KILL US"
    Flag caralhovoadoron November 24, 2009   Link
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    My Interpretation:beauty plays the cLown, not the cRown
    Flag elfionon October 10, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:As a fan of U2, I do consider this one of their best songs and I cannot think of a better collaboration by any artist I've heard. Pavarotti's voice can still send shivers, it's so far above what I normally hear vocally (I don't listen to opera) that it really adds power.
    Flag Skoorbon November 14, 2007   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:The end of the song is missing, Bono recites
    "O lijepa, o draga, o slatka slobodo..."
    which means oh beautiful oh sweet freedom, and they are the verses written by the Croatian famous writer Ivan Gundulić.
    Flag annavwilon September 09, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:Pavarotti's solo adds such a wrenching emotion to this song; perhaps that was the aim of keeping the rest of the song "boring" (referring to the description given in a previous post) - so that it could highlight the contrast given to the feeling of the song when Pavarotti sings. I happen to really like the almost monotonous flow of the rest of the song; the gentle melody is nice, and I think it helps to reflect one of the subjects of the song's protest: that the countries of the Western world distracted themselves with things like consumerism (at some points in the song, the music behind Bono resembles that which could be heard in a department store), or else just drifted along while Eastern Europe burned.

    I've seen the doc Miss Sarajevo; it is a great film. Go out and watch it if you're able to.
    Flag mallentarielon July 18, 2007   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:Just an amazing song.... I just don't seem to get sick of it.... one of my favs
    Flag Jashanon January 27, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:Anyone who finds this song boring isn't paying attention. I had actually never heard this until I saw them live perform it. WOW! With the video on the screen behind them, this song leaves an impact like no other. Very heady, potent and purposeful music. I too, had never been so touched by a song. And alot of songs affect me...
    Flag abinlpon December 30, 2006   Link

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