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Every Breaking Wave

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Every Breaking Wave was released on September 9, 2014 by UMC (Universal Music Catalogue) as a part of the album Songs of Innocence

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OVERVIEW

LYRICS

Music Video

Music Video

Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS

Ryan Tedder

Keyboards

Declan Gaffney

Keyboards

The Edge

Background Vocals

Bono

Lead Vocals

Adam Clayton

Bass Guitar

Larry Mullen Jr.

Larry Mullen Jr.

Drums

Danger Mouse

Keyboards

COMPOSITION & LYRICS

The Edge

Composer

Bono

Composer

Adam Clayton

Composer

Larry Mullen Jr.

Larry Mullen Jr.

Composer

PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING

Danger Mouse

Producer

Ryan Tedder

Producer

Adam Durbridge

Assistant Recording Engineer

Declan Gaffney

Recording Engineer

Kennie Takahashi

Kennie Takahashi

Additional Engineer

Tom Elmhirst

Mixing Engineer

Ben Baptie

Mixing Engineer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]

Every breaking wave on the shore

Tells the next one, "There'll be one more"

And every gambler knows that to lose

Is what you're really there for

[Verse 2]

Summer, I was fearless

Now I speak into an answer phone

Like every falling leaf on the breeze

Winter wouldn't leave it alone

Alone

[Verse 3]

If you go?

If you go your way and I go mine

Are we so?

Are we so helpless against the tide?

Baby, every dog on the street

Knows that we're in love with defeat

Are we ready to be swept off our feet

And stop chasing every breaking wave?

[Verse 4]

Every sailor knows that the sea

Is a friend made enemy

And every shipwrecked soul knows what it is

To live without intimacy

[Verse 5]

I thought I heard the captain's voice

But it's hard to listen while you preach

Like every broken wave on the shore

This is as far as I could reach

[Verse 6]

If you go?

If you go your way and I go mine

Are we so?

Are we so helpless against the tide?

Baby, every dog on the street

Knows that we're in love with defeat

Are we ready to be swept off our feet

And stop chasing every breaking wave?

[Verse 7]

The sea knows where are the rocks

And drowning is no sin

You know where my heart is

The same place that yours has been

We know that we fear to win

And so we end before we begin

Before we begin

[Verse 8]

If you go?

If you go your way and I go mine

Are we so?

Are we so helpless against the tide?

Baby, every dog on the street

Knows that we're in love with defeat

Are we ready to be swept off our feet

And stop chasing every breaking wave?

Written by: Adam Clayton, Bono, Larry Mullen Jr., The Edge

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