Music Video

Bad (Live at Live Aid, Wembley Stadium, 13th July 1985)
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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Larry Mullen Jr.
Larry Mullen Jr.
Drums
Bono
Bono
Lead Vocals
The Edge
The Edge
Background Vocals
Adam Clayton
Adam Clayton
Bass Guitar
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
The Edge
The Edge
Composer
Bono
Bono
Composer
Adam Clayton
Adam Clayton
Composer
Larry Mullen Jr.
Larry Mullen Jr.
Composer
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Bob Geldof
Bob Geldof
Producer
John Kennedy
John Kennedy
Producer
Jill Sinclair
Jill Sinclair
Producer

Lyrics

If you twist and turn away
If you tear yourself in two again
If I could, yes, I would
If I could, I would let it go
Surrender, dislocate
If I could throw this lifeless lifeline to the wind
Leave this heart of clay, see you walk, walk away
Into the night and through the rain
Into the half light and through the flame
If I could, through myself, set your spirit free
I'd lead your heart away, see you break, break away
Into the light and to the day
Hoo, hoo! Hoo, hoo! Hoo, hoo!
Hoo, hoo! Hoo, hoo! Hoo, hoo!
To let it go and so to fade away
To let it go and so fade away
I'm wide awake, I'm wide awake, wide awake
I'm not sleeping
Oh, no, no, no
If you should ask, then maybe
They'd tell you what I would say
True colours fly in blue and black
Blue silken sky and burning flag
Colours crash, collide in blood-shot eyes
If I could, you know I would
If I could, I would let it go
This desperation, dislocation
Separation, condemnation
Revelation, in temptation
Isolation, desolation
Let it go and so fade away
To let it go, oh, yeah, and so fade away
To let it go, oh, no, and so to fade away
I'm wide awake, I'm wide awake, wide awake
I'm not sleeping
Oh, no, no, no
Written by: Adam Clayton, Bono, Larry Mullen Jr., The Edge
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