The best explanation of this song comes from Gavin Friday. “Bono has said it’s about a woman we all know, that we’ve all met. You’re at a party or a club and you just don’t know where this 23-year old is getting her energy from. And we’re not talking drugs or alcohol here. It’s just a vibe, a wild woman who gives you a charge of energy that you find out months later she committed suicide.”
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She feels the ground is giving way
But she thinks we’re better off that way
The more you take the less you feel
The less you know the more you believe
The more you have the more it takes today
You got to give it away
(You got to give it away)
You got to give it away
(You got to give it away)
You got to give it away
(You got to give it away)
Well she don’t care what it’s worth
She’s living like it’s the last night on earth
The last night on Earth
She’s not waiting on a saviour to come
She’s at the bus-stop with the News of the World
And the sun sun, here it comes
She’s not waiting for anyone
You got to give it away
(You got to give it away)
You got to give it away
(You got to give it away)
You got to give it away
(You got to give it away)
She knows just what it’s worth
She’s living like it’s the last night on Earth
The last night on Earth
Slipping away
The clock tells her that time is slipping
Slip slide
Minute hands and seconds sticking
Slipping away
There’s something going on she might be missing
The world turns and we get dizzy
The world turns and we get dizzy
Slipping away
Is it spinning for you
The way it’s spinning for me?
She’s living, living next week now
You know she’s going to pay it back somehow
She hasn’t been to bed in a week
She’ll be dead soon then she’ll sleep
You got to give it away
(You got to give it away)
You got to give it away
(You got to give it away)
You got to give it away
(You got to give it away)
She already knows it hurts
She’s living like it’s the last night on Earth
The last night on Earth
Last night on Earth
Last night…
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