The Ground Beneath Her Feet
by U2

Album: All That You Can't Leave Behind (2000)
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  • All my life, I worshiped her
    Her golden voice, her beauty's beat
    How she made us feel, how she made me real
    And the ground beneath her feet
    And the ground beneath her feet

    And now I can't be sure of anything
    Black is white, and cold is heat
    For what I worshiped, stole my love away
    It was the ground beneath her feet
    It was the ground beneath her feet

    Go lightly down your darkened way
    Go lightly underground
    I'll be down there in another day
    I won't rest until you're found

    Let me love you, let me rescue you,
    Let me bring you where two roads meet
    Oh come back above, where there is only love
    Only love

    My oh my, my oh my
    My oh my, my oh my
    My oh my, my oh my
    My oh my, my oh my
    My oh my, my oh my

    Let me love you true, let me rescue you,
    Let me bring you to where two roads meet

    Let me love you true, let me rescue you,
    Let me bring you to where two roads meet

    My oh my, my oh my
    My oh my, my oh my
    My oh my, my oh my Writer/s: ADAM CLAYTON, DAVE EVANS, LARRY MULLEN, PAUL HEWSON, SALMAN RUSHDIE
    Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 5

  • Anna from Gurgaon, IndiaThe lyrics are taken, almost word for word (a line here and there) from Salman Rushdie's book, 'The Ground Beneath Her Feet'.

  • Joe from Dublinthe lyric 'go lightly on the ground' is taken from Bob Dylan's "It ain't me"
  • Stephannie from Mt. Olive, NcBono helped Salman Rushdie with research for his book of the same title; about an aging Indian rock star.
  • Mike from Glos, EnglandRead the love story The Ground beneath her feet. Both song and book writen as stated above by Salman Rushdie. Deep story to much to explain so its a great book read it. It wont be what you think.
  • Roddy from Southampton, EnglandThe lyrics were co-written with author Salman Rushdie.
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