A Day Without Me
by U2

Album: Boy (1980)
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  • Starting a landslide in my ego
    Look from the outside
    To the world I left behind

    I'm dreaming
    You're awake
    If I were sleeping
    What's at stake
    A day without me

    Whatever the feelings
    I keep feeling
    What are the feelings
    You left behind

    Today's a day without me

    I started a landslide in my ego
    Look from the outside
    To the world I left behind

    In the world I left behind
    Wipe their eyes, and then let go
    To the world I left behind
    Shed a tear, and then let go Writer/s: ADAM CLAYTON, DAVE EVANS, LARRY MULLEN, PAUL HEWSON
    Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 4

  • AnonymousThe first comment, referring it to being about Ian Curtis is incorrect. The song was being played live, months before Curtis died.
  • Squid from Los Angeles, CaIt was said that Bono later dedicated it to good friend Mike Hutchins (INXS), and his wife after both deaths. And it is still questioned if Michael's death ws a suicide or mnasterbation gone ary
  • Laura from Bham, United Kingdomawesome song... sad but happy at the same time.

    u2 r the gods!!!
  • Michael from New York City, NyThe singer Ian Curtis, who did kill himself in 1980, is thought to be the inspiration for the song. Curtis was lead singer/lyricist of Joy Division, which later became New Order after his death.
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