[Verse 1]
Monday morning
Eighteen years of dawning
I say, how long?
I say, how long?
[Verse 2]
It was one dull morning
I woke the world with bawling
I was so sad
They were so glad
[Chorus]
I was of the feeling it was out of control
I had the opinion it was out of control
[Verse 3]
Boys and girls
Going to school, and girls
They make children
Not like this one
[Chorus]
I was of the feeling it was out of control
I had the opinion it was out of control
[Guitar Solo]
[Chorus]
I was of the feeling it was out of control
I had the opinion it was out of control
[Bridge]
Out of control
Out of control
Out of control
Out of control
Out of control
[Verse 4]
I fought fate
There's blood at the garden gate
The man said childhood
It's in his childhood
[Verse 5]
One day I'll die
The choice will not be mine
Will it be too late?
You can't fight fate
[Chorus]
I was of the feeling it was out of control
I had the opinion it was out of control
Out of Control was written by Bono & The Edge (Guitarist) & Adam Clayton & Larry Mullen Jr..
Out of Control was produced by Steve Lillywhite.
U2 released Out of Control on Mon Oct 20 1980.
In 1979, Bono told Niall Stokes that the song
is about waking up on your 18th birthday and realizing you’re 18 years old and that the two most important decisions in your life having nothing to do with you–being born and dying. The song is written from the child’s point of view and it’s about a vic...