Featured In
Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Bono
Lead Vocals
The Edge
Background Vocals
Adam Clayton
Bass Guitar
Larry Mullen Jr.
Drums
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Bono
Composer
The Edge
Composer
Adam Clayton
Composer
Larry Mullen Jr.
Composer
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
The Edge
Producer
Flood
Producer
Willie Mannion
Assistant Recording Engineer
Rob Kirwan
Assistant Recording Engineer
Brian Eno
Producer
Robbie Adams
Recording Engineer
Dallas Schoo
Guitar Technician
Des Broadbery
Guitar Technician
Fraser McAlister
Guitar Technician
Joe O'Herlihy
Studio Technician
Rab McAllister
Studio Technician
Stewart Whitmore
Editing Engineer
Stuart Morgan
Bass Technician
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Green light, 7-Eleven
You stop in for a pack of cigarettes
You don't smoke, don't even want to
Hey now, check your change
[Verse 2]
Dressed up like a car crash
The wheels are turning, but you're upside down
[PreChorus]
You say when he hits you, you don't mind
Because when he hurts you, you feel alive
Hey, babe, is that what it is?
[Verse 3]
Red lights, grey morning
You stumble out of a hole in the ground
A vampire or a victim
It depends on who's around
[Verse 4]
You used to stay in to watch the adverts
You could lip sync to the talk shows
[PreChorus]
And if you look, you look through me
And when you talk, you talk at me
And when I touch you, you don't feel a thing
[Chorus]
If I could stay
Then the night would give you up
Stay, and the day would keep its trust
Stay, and the night would be enough
[Verse 5]
Far away, so close
Up with the static and the radio
With satellite television
You can go anywhere
[Verse 6]
Miami, New Orleans
London, Belfast, and Berlin
[PreChorus]
And if you listen, I can't call
And if you jump, you just might fall
And if you shout, I'll only hear you
[Chorus]
If I could stay
Then the night would give you up
Stay, then the day would keep its trust
Stay with the demons you drown
Stay with the spirit I found
Stay, and the night would be enough
[Verse 7]
3:00 in the morning
It's quiet, and there's no one around
Just the bang and the clatter
As an angel runs to ground
[Outro]
Just the bang and the clatter
As an angel hits the ground
Written by: Adam Clayton, Bono, Larry Mullen Jr., The Edge