KITE -- U2

Something is about to give I can feel it coming I think I know
what it is  I'm not afraid to die  I'm not afraid to live
And when I'm flat on my back  I hope to feel like I did
Cause hardness, it sets in  You need some protection The thinner
the skin I want you to know That you don't need me anymore I
want you to know You don't need anyone, anything at all

(**)  Who's to say where the wind will take you  who's to say what
it is will break you I don't know which way the wind will blow
Who's to know when the time has come around
Don't wanna see you cry I know that this is not goodbye

In summer I can taste the salt in the sea There's a kite blowing out
of control on a breeze I wonder what's gonna happen to you
You wonder what has happened to me  I'm a man, I'm not a child
A man who sees The shadow behind your eyes

(**)  

Did I waste it Not so much I couldn't taste it  Life should be fragrant
Roof top to the basement The last of the rock stars
When hip hop drove the big cars  In the time when new media
Was the big idea  That was the big idea

Bono wrote this after flying a kite with his 2 daughters. Being a rock star, Bono was not used to flying kites. It crashed and they went home to play video games.

Bono wrote this for his father, Bob Hewson, who died of cancer on August 21, 2001. U2 played a concert in London a few hours after his death and Bono dedicated this to him.            (songfacts)

 

               

 

 

            

        

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