One
Lyrics: Irish singer-songwriter and activist Paul David Hewson [‘Bono’ Lead vocalist with U2].
Vocals: Irish and Canadian citizen, tenor, singer, musical theatre actor and winner of numerous music awards, the great C. T. Wilkinson.
The song “One”, released in 1992 from U2’s album ‘Achtung Baby’, is a deeply emotional and thought-provoking song that explores the complexities of love, relationships, forgiveness, and human connection. Although its beautiful melody may suggest a traditional love song, the lyrics reveal a much more complicated message about hurt, disappointment, and the struggle to understand one another. At its heart, “One” reminds us that being united does not mean being the same, and that meaningful relationships require compassion, acceptance, and a willingness to support each other despite our differences. It is this combination of vulnerability, pain, and hope that makes the song so powerful and enduring.
One
One.
Is it getting better?
Or do you feel the same?
Will it make it easier on you now?
You got someone to blame.
You say, one love, one life,
One need in the night.
One love, we get to share it.
It leaves you if you don’t care for it,
Oh yes it does, yea.
Did I disappoint you?
Or leave a bad taste in your mouth?
You act like you never had love,
You want me to go without.
Well it’s too late tonight.
Drag the past out into the light.
We’re one but we’re not the same.
Carry each other, we get to carry each other
Oh One! yes we are one.
Have you come here for forgiveness?
Have you come to raise the dead?
Have you come here to play Jesus?
To the lepers in your head.
Did I ask too much, more than a lot?
You gave me nothing, it’s all I got.
We’re one but we’re not the same,
You see we hurt each other, we do it again and again.
Love is a temple, love a higher law.
Love is a temple, love the higher law.
You ask me to enter but then you make me crawl.
I can’t be holding on to what you got,
When all you got is hurt.
One love, one blood.
One life, you got to do what you should.
One life, with each other.
We are Sisters, we are brothers.
One life but we’re not the same.
We get to carry each other, carry each other yes.
Yea we are One.
We are we are one.
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