Running to Stand Still
U2 * Track #5 On The Joshua Tree
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Running to Stand Still by U2
Release Date
Performed by
U2Produced by
Daniel Lanois & Brian EnoWrited by
Bono & The Edge (Guitarist) & Adam Clayton & Larry Mullen Jr.About
“Running to Stand Still” is slow ballad based on piano and guitar and it describes a heroin-addicted couple living in Dublin’s Ballymun flats; the towers have since become associated with the song.
Though a lot of time was dedicated to the lyrics, the music was improvised with co-producer Daniel La...
Running to Stand Still Lyrics
[Verse 1]
And so she woke up
Woke up from where she was lyin' still
Said I gotta do something
About where we're goin'
Step on a steam train
Step out of the drivin' rain, maybe
Run from the darkness in the night
[Chorus]
Singing ah, ah la la la de day
Ah la la la de day
Ah la la la de day
[Verse 2]
Sweet the sin
Bitter the taste in my mouth
I see seven towers
But I only see one way out
You gotta cry without weeping, talk without speaking
Scream without raising your voice
You know I took the poison from the poison stream
Then I floated out of here
[Chorus]
Singing, ah la la la de day
Ah la la la de day
Ah la la la de day
[Bridge]
Ooh hoo
Ooh hoo
Ooh hoo
[Verse 3]
She runs through the streets
With eyes painted red
Under a black belly of cloud in the rain
In through a doorway
She brings me white golden pearls
Stolen from the sea
She is raging, she is raging
And the storm blows up in her eyes
[Chorus]
She will suffer the needle chill
She's running to stand still
[Harmonica Solo]
Running to Stand Still Q&A
Who wrote Running to Stand Still's ?
Running to Stand Still was written by Bono & The Edge (Guitarist) & Adam Clayton & Larry Mullen Jr..
Who produced Running to Stand Still's ?
Running to Stand Still was produced by Daniel Lanois & Brian Eno.
When did U2 release Running to Stand Still?
U2 released Running to Stand Still on Mon Mar 09 1987.
What did U2 say about "Running to Stand Still"?
I used to see words as music and my voice as an instrument. It was the sound of the words as much as the sense that interested me. The way they bumped against each other, not necessarily their meaning. The idea of a couplet I think I discovered about two years ago, talking with Elvis Costello. But m...