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the second album...

October is considered by some to be U2's weakest album; many critics find its lyrics heavy-handed and the band's performances bland.

 

Quite boldly, the record placed an emphasis on religion and spirituality, particularly in the songs "Gloria" (featuring a Latin chorus of "Gloria, in te domine"), "With A Shout (Jerusalem)", and "Tomorrow". "Can you imagine your second album--the difficult second album--it's about God?" --Bono, 2005

 

The album's recording was complicated when the briefcase containing Bono's lyrics was stolen by fans after a show. The band already booked studio time and thus had to continue recording in spite of this, even improvising lyrics on some songs.

 

The songs mainly refine U2's formula of riff-rockers with songs such as "Gloria" and "Rejoice", but the band also expanded its musical palette in a few ways. In particular, guitarist The Edge incorporates piano in songs such as "I Fall Down" and "October". "Tomorrow", a lament to Bono's mother, who died when he was young, features Uilleann pipes. "I Threw A Brick Through A Window" was one of the band's first songs to highlight drummer Larry Mullen, Jr.

 

Its sales indicate that October is the least popular of U2's studio albums, and it is frequently at the bottom of many U2 fans' lists and polls. Only one of the songs from October--the title song--was featured in the band's Best of 1980-1990 collection, as a hidden track at the end of the album, although "Gloria" was a staple of their live set throughout the eighties.

 

 

   1. "Gloria" (4:14)

   2. "I Fall Down" (3:39)

   3. "I Threw A Brick Through A Window" (4:54)

   4. "Rejoice" (3:37)

   5. "Fire" (3:51)

   6. "Tomorrow" (4:39)

   7. "October" (2:21)

   8. "With A Shout (Jerusalem)" (4:02)

   9. "Stranger In A Strange Land" (3:56)

  10. "Scarlet" (2:53)

  11. "Is That All?" (2:59)

 

"Gloria"

I try to sing this song loud

I try to stand up

But I can't find my feet

I try, I try to speak up

But only in you I'm complete

Gloria, in te domine

Gloria, exultate

Gloria, Gloria

Oh Lord, loosen my lips

I try to sing this song loud

I try to get in

But I can't find the door

The door is open

You're standing there

You let me in

Gloria, in te domine

Gloria, exultate

Oh Lord, if I had anything

Anything at all

I'd give it to you

I'd give it to you

Gloria

In te domine

Gloria

Gloria

 

 

"I Fall Down"

Julie says 'John, I'm getting nowhere

I wrote this letter

Hope to get to some place soon

I want to get up when I wake up

But when I get up

I fall down'

Julie wake up

Julie tell the story

You wrote the letter

Said you were going to get there some day

Gonna walk in the sun

And the wind and the rain

Never walk back again

Now you fall down

You're falling down

You fall down

Julie say something

Julie say you're sorry

You're gonna get better

You better not leave me here anyway

I want to get up when you wake up

But when I get up I fall down

I'm falling down

I fall down

I broke myself

I fall down

I'm falling down

I fall down when you fall down

When I fall down is when you're falling down

When you fall down, I fall down

 

 

"I Threw a Brick Through a Window"

I was talking

I was talking to myself

Somebody else

Talk, talk, talking

I couldn't hear a word

A word he said

He was my brother

I said there was no other

Other way out of here

Be my brother

Got to get out

Got to get out

Got to get out of here

I was walking

I was walking into walls

And back again

I just keep walking

I walk up to a window to see myself

And my reflection

When I thought about it

My direction

Going nowhere

Going nowhere

No one, no one is blinder

Than he who will not see

No one, no one is blinder

Than me

I was talking

I was talking in my sleep

I can't stop talk, talk, talking

I'm talking to you

It's up to you

Be my brother

There is no other way out of here

Be my brother

Got to get out

Got to get out

Got to get out of here

 

 

"Rejoice"

It's falling, it's falling, and outside

The buildings are tumbling down

And inside a child on the ground

Say's he'll do it again

And what am I to do

And what in the world am I to say

There's nothing else to do

He says he'll change the world some day

I rejoice

This morning I fell out of bed

when I woke up to what he had said.

Everything's crazy but I'm too lazy to lie

And what am I to do

Just tell me what am I suppose to say

I can't change the world

But I can change the world in me

I Rejoice

Rejoice

We shall rejoice

 

 

"Fire"

Calling, calling

The sun is burning black

Calling, calling

It's beating on my back

With a fire

With a fire

Calling, calling

The moon is running red

Calling, calling

It's pulling me instead

With a fire, fire

But there's a fire inside and I'm falling over

There's a fire in me when I call out

I built a fire, fire

I'm going home

Calling, calling

The stars are falling down

Calling, calling

They knock me to the ground

With a fire, fire

But there's a fire inside when I'm falling over

There's a fire in me when I call out

There's a fire inside when I'm falling over

I built a fire, fire

I'm going home

 

 

"Tomorrow"

Won't you come back tomorrow

Won't you come back tomorrow

Won't you come back tomorrow

Can I sleep tonight

Outside, somebody's outside

Somebody's knocking at the door

There's a black car parked at the side of the road

Don't go to the door

Don’t go to the door

I'm going out

I'm going outside, mother

I'm going out there

Won't you be back tomorrow

Won't you be back tomorrow

Will you be back tomorrow

Who broke the window

Who broke down the door

Who tore the curtain

And who was it for

Who heals the wounds

Who heals the scars

Open the door

Open the door

Won't you come back tomorrow

Won't you be back tomorrow

Will you be back tomorrow

Can I sleep tonight

'Cause I want you, I want you

I really want you, I want

I want you to be back tomorrow

I want you to be back tomorrow

Won't you be back tomorrow

Won’t you be back tomorrow

Won’t you be back tomorrow

Will you be back tomorrow

Open up, open up to the love of God

To the love of He who made the blind to see

He's coming back

He's coming back

I believe Him

Jesus is coming

I'm gonna be there

I'm gonna be there, mother

I'm gonna be there, mother

I'm gonna be there

And you’re gonna be there

 

 

"October"

October

And the trees are stripped bare

Of all they wear

What do I care

October

And kingdoms rise and kingdoms fall

But You go on

And on

 

 

"With A Shout"

Oh, where do we go

Where do we go from here

Where to go

To the side of a hill, blood was spilt

We were still looking at each other

But we're going back there

Jerusalem

Jerusalem

Shout, shout

With a shout

Shout it out

Shout

Shout it out

I want to go to the foot of Mount Zion

To the foot of He who made me see

To the side of a hill, where we were still

We were filled with a love

And we're going to be there again

Jerusalem

Jerusalem

Jerusalem

Jerusalem

Jerusalem

Jerusalem

Jerusalem

Shout, shout

With a shout

Shout

With a shout

 

 

"Stranger in a Strange Land"

Stranger, stranger in a strange land

He looked at me like I was the one who should run

We asked him to smile for a photograph

Waited a while to see if we could make him laugh

The soldier asked for a cigarette

His smiling face I can't forget

He looked at me across the street

But that's a long way here

Oh, and I wish you were here

Oh, and I wish you were here

Stranger, stranger in a strange land

He looked at me like I was the one who should run

I watched as he watched us get back on the bus

I watched the way it was

The way it was when he was with us

And I really don't mind sleeping on the floor

But I couldn't sleep after what I saw

I wrote this letter to tell you the way I feel

Oh I wish you were here

Oh I wish you were here

To see what I could see

To hear

And I wish you were here

 

 

"Scarlet"

Rejoice

Rejoice

Rejoice

Rejoice

Rejoice

Rejoice

Rejoice

Rejoice

 

 

"Is That All?"

To sing this song makes me angry

I'm not angry with you

Is that all

Is that all

To sing this song makes me happy

I'm not happy with you

Is that all

To sing this song makes me dance

Is that all

Is that all

Is that all

Is that all you want from me

Is that all

Is that all

 

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