New Year S Day Lyrics U2 Meaning

With lyrics written about the polish solidarity movement new year s day is driven by adam clayton s distinctive bassline and the edge s piano and guitar playing.

New year s day lyrics u2 meaning. New years day refers to the day after the doomsday clock ticks down the last seconds of mankind. The meaning of u2 lyrics. New year s day was the first single from u2 s third album war.

All is quiet on new year s day a world in white gets underway i want to be with you be with you night and day nothing changes on new year s day on new year s day i will be with you again i will be with you again under a blood red sky a crowd has gathered in black and white arms entwined the chosen few the newspapers says says say it s true it. The lyrics we know today were inspired by poland s solidarity movement co founded by human rights activist lech walesa. The lyrics refer to the movement for solidarity lead by lech walesa in poland.

Every time you hear any of u2 s songs you can be assured that it have some deeper meaning. Frontman bono had originally penned the lyrics as a love song to his wife. The music video for this track was filmed in sweden in 1982 and was one of the first videos featured prominently on mtv.

But i ll be cleaning up bottles with you on new year s day you squeeze my hand three times in the back of the taxi i can tell that it s gonna be a long road i ll be there if you re the toast of the town babe or if you strike out and you re crawling home don t read the last page but i stay when it s hard or it s wrong or we re making mistakes. Yeah all is quiet on new year s day a world in white gets underway. A song that s at the first time sound like an love song doesn t need to be about love.

New year s day is no different. It was the band s first uk hit single peaking at number 10 and was also. New year s day lyrics.

Their first three albums were all. Tt does not necessarily have to be january 1 it could mean new year s day as in a time to start over the war is over and it is time to start a new year or chapter in his life. New year s day is a song by irish rock band u2.