1. Topic for track 6 of Songs Of Experience.

    The winter doesn't want you, it haunts you
    Summer serenadings a long way from this frozen place, your face
    Our teacher, our preacher , it's nature
    And like flowers growing in a bomb crater
    From nothing, a rose, it grows

    I've been thinking 'bout the West Coast
    Not the one that everyone knows
    I'm sick of living in the shadows
    We have one more chance before the light goes
    For a summer of love
    A summer of love

    Freezing, we're leaving, believing
    That all we need is to head over somewhere
    In a summer to come
    So we run

    I've been thinking 'bout the West Coast
    Not the one that everyone knows
    We're sick of living in the shadows
    We've one more chance before the light goes
    For a summer of love
    A summer of love

    Oh and when all is lost
    When all is lost we find out what remains
    Oh the same oceans crossed
    For some it's pleasure
    For some it's pain

    I've been thinking 'bout the West Coast
    Not the one that everyone knows
    In the rubble of Aleppo
    Flowers blooming in the shadows
    For a summer of love
    A summer of love
  2. Some info:
    There was a lot that went into that, but one of the jumping-off points was a CNN story about the gardener of Aleppo. It's about this guy who ran a garden in Aleppo that he kept going through the entire war. It was a political statement to the entire world that he kept this garden going. He was this deeply philosophical character and to him it was an act of defiance to grow flowers in the middle of Aleppo. He actually wound up getting killed in an air raid, so it was a very sad ending, but Bono was really inspired by his defiance. When were looking at that song, we decided that should be the focus geographically. (Edge)
  3. Beautiful idea. Sounds a bit like Cedars of Lebanon.
  4. Yeah, I'm really looking forward to this one. Some of the articles about the album have mentioned it having a 60s-ish, Beatlesesque vibe. I'm interested to see how that sounds...
  5. Lady Gaga backing vocals on this?
  6. Not officially confirmed but I think some radio presenter talked about it after a listening party he attended on the first American leg. I think it was Pittsburgh.
  7. The title is very misleading. You expect another Call Me Maybe kind of song.