U2 "Beautiful Day" (live from Slane)

"'Beautiful Day' has a directness reminiscent of early U2 but with Edge bringing a dizziness and futuristic quality so that it doesn't feel retro. The guitar chords were nothing special but they were my attempt to get the album airborne, the way a rock band like the Buzzcocks would. The lyric expresses amazement, really, that whatever situation you find yourself in, as uncomfortable and upsetting as they can be, if you're alive and you are awake, then you have perspective on it... Pain is evidence of life because it reminds you there are things in your life that aren't right. So you should be thankful for it really and celebrate that there is so much to live for." - Bono, U2 By U2 2006.

The heart is a bloom

It shoots up through the stony ground

But there's no room

No space to rent in this town

You're out of luck 

And the reason that you had to care

The traffic is stuck

You're not moving anywhere

You thought you'd found a friend 

To take you out of this place

Always

Someone you could lend a hand 

In return for grace 

Always

It's a beautiful day

The sky falls and you feel like

It's a beautiful day

You're on the road 

But you've got no destination

You're in the mud

In the maze of her imagination

You love this town 

Even if that doesn't ring true

You've been all over 

And it's been all over you 

Always

It's a beautiful day

Don't let it get away

Beautiful day 

Touch me

Take me to that other place

You can teach me, Lord

I know I'm not a hopeless case 

Yeah, yeah, yeah

See the world in green and blue

See China right in front of you

See the canyons broken by cloud

See the tuna fleets clearing the sea out

See the Bedouin fires at night

See the oil fields at first light, and

See the bird with a leaf in her mouth

After the flood all the colours came out 

Day

It was a beautiful day

Don't let it get away

Beautiful day 

You can touch me

Touch me, angel

Take me to that other place

You can teach me, love

I know I'm not a hopeless case 

'Cause what you don't have you don't need it now

What you don't know you can feel somehow

What you don't have don't need it now

Don't need it now 

Beautiful day 

Goal, goal

The goal is soul

Soul

The goal is soul

Soul

Beautiful goal, goal

Beautiful goal

Beautiful goal

Beautiful goal