“It was an unsettled time,” Adam recalls. “You looked around and there were conflicts everywhere. We saw a lot of unrest on TV and in the media. We focused on this.” Actually translating this into lyrics proved to be a problem for Bono, who as he had done during the recording of October, made of the lyrics as he went along. It has been called a love song set in war time, steeped in longing, fraught with anxiety and the feeling of separation is inescapable. This song when straight into the UK Top 10 on release.
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Yeah…
All is quiet on New Year’s Day
A world in white gets underway
I want to be with you
Be with you night and day
Nothing changes on New Year’s Day
On New Year’s Day
I will be with you again
I will be with you again
Under a blood red sky
A crowd has gathered in black and white
Arms entwined, the chosen few
The newspapers says, says
Say it’s true it’s true…
And we can break through
Though torn in two
We can be one
I…I will begin again
I…I will begin again
Oh…
Maybe the time is right
Oh…maybe tonight…
I will be with you again
I will be with you again
And so we’re told this is the golden age
And gold is the reason for the wars we wage
Though I want to be with you
Be with you night and day
Nothing changes
On New Year’s Day
On New Year’s Day
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