Music: U2

Lyrics: Bono and The Edge 

Strings: The Edge 

Backing vocals: The Edge, Brian Eno, Daniel Lanois 

Produced by: Daniel Lanois and Brian Eno 

Engineered and mixed by: Richard Rainey 

Assisted by: Chris Heaney



Something is about to give

I can feel it coming

I think I know what it means

I'm not afraid to die

I'm not afraid to live

And when I'm flat on my back

I hope to feel like I did



'Cause hardness, it sets in

You need some protection

The thinner the skin



I want you to know

That you don't need me anymore

I want you to know

You don't need anyone, anything at all



Who's to say where the wind will take you

Who's to say what it is will break you

I don't know which way the wind will blow

Who's to know when the time has come around

Don't wanna see you cry

I know that this is not goodbye



In summer I can taste the salt in the sea

There's a kite blowing out of control on the breeze

I wonder what's gonna happen to you

You wonder what has happened to me



I'm a man, I'm not a child

A man who sees

The shadow behind your eyes



Who's to say where the wind will take you

Who's to say what it is will break you

I don't know where the wind will blow

Who's to know when the time has come around

I don't wanna see you cry

I know that this is not goodbye



Did I waste it?

Not so much I couldn't taste it

Life should be fragrant

Roof top to the basement

The last of the rock stars

When hip hop drove the big cars

In the time when new media

Was the big idea

That was the big idea



Redacted by Jerry

Corrected by Lotus Love