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STAY(FARAWAY, SO CLOSE!)


Lyrics: Bono. Music: U2.

Green light, Seven-Eleven
You stop in for a pack of cigarettes
You don't smoke, don't even want to
Hey now, check your change
Dressed up like a car crash
The wheels are turning but you're upside down
You say when he hits you, you don't mind
Because when he hurts you, you feel alive
Is that what it is?

Red light, grey morning
You stumble out of a hole in the ground
A vampire or a victim
It depends on who's around
You used to stay in, to watch the adverts
You could lip-synch to the talk shows

And if you look, you look through me
And when you talk, you talk at me
And when I touch you, you don't feel a thing

If I could stay... then the night would give you up
Stay... and the day would keep its trust
Stay... and the night would be enough

Faraway, so close
Up with the static and the radio
With satellite television
You can go anywhere
Miami, New Orleans, London, Belfast, and Berlin

And if you listen, I can't call
And if you jump, you just might fall
And if you shout I'll only hear you

If I could stay... then the night would give you up
Stay... and the day would keep its trust
Stay with the demons you drowned
Stay... with the spirit I found
Stay... and the night would be enough

Three o'clock in the morning
It's quiet and there's no one around
Just the bang and the clatter
As an angel runs to ground
Just the bang and the clatter
As an angel hits the ground

Mixed by Flood. Assisted by Rob Kirwan. Engineered by Flood and Robbie Adams. Assisted by Willie Mannion and Rob Kirwan. "Stay (Faraway, So Close!)" title courtesy of Road Music Wim Wenders Musikverlag, EMI Electrola GmBH. Copyright Polygram International Music. (4:58)

SINGLES TRACK LISTING

PART 1 (THE LIVE FORMAT)

Stay (Faraway, So Close!) The Live Format (Click for larger image) Digipak. 1993.

PART 2 (THE SWING FORMAT)

Stay (Faraway, So Close!) The Swing Format (Click for larger image)

Slimline case. 1993.

PART 3 (U.S. FORMAT)

Stay (Faraway, So Close!) U.S. Format (Click for larger image)

Jewel case. 1993.

REMIXES

VIDEO

Director: Wim Wenders. Video concept: Angelic, ghost-like versions of U2 help a struggling band in Berlin. Meanwhile, Bono sits on top of a giant angel statue and looks nifty. Shot in black and white, and parallels the Wenders film FARAWAY, SO CLOSE! (A sequel to his film WINGS OF DESIRE) for which the song was written.
Chris' Rating: ***. Decent enough, but comes off looking cheesy. The images of Bono on the statue are very, very cool (Even if it's not really him on top... sissy!), but otherwise just not one of U2's best.

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