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So you never knew love

Until you crossed the line of grace.

And you never felt wanted

Till you'd someone slap your face.

So you never felt alive

Until you'd almost wasted away.

You had to win, you couldn't just pass

The smartest ass at the top of the class

Your flying colours, your family tree

And all your lessons in history.

Please, please, please

Get up off your knees.

Please, please, please, please, oh yeah.

So you never knew how low you'd stoop

To make that call

And you never knew what was on the ground

Till they made you crawl.

So you never knew

That the heaven you keep

You stole.

Your Catholic blues, your convent shoes,

Your stick-on tattoos, now they're making the news

Your holy war, your Northern star

Your sermon on the mount from the boot of your car.

Please, please, please

Get up off your knees.

Please, please, please

Leave me out of this, please.

So love is hard

And love is tough

But love is not

What you're thinking of.

September, streets capsizing

Spilling over down the drains

Shard of glass, splinters like rain

But you could only feel your own pain

October, talk getting nowhere.

November, December

Remember, we just started again.

Please, please, please

Get up off your knees, yeah.

Please, please, please, please, ah.

So love is big

Is bigger than us.

But love is not

What you're thinking of.

It's what lovers deal

It's what lovers steal

You know I've found it

Hard to receive

'Cause you, my love

I could never believe.

• Artist:U2
• Album:Pop (1997)