Lay down
Lay down
Lay your sweet lovely on the ground
Lay your love on the track
We're gonna break the monster's back
Ahhh...
Lay down your treasure
Lay it down now, brother
You don't have time
For a jealous lover
As you enter this life
I pray you depart
With a wrinkled face
And a brand new heart
I don't know if I can take it
I'm not easy on my knees
Here's my heart, I let you break it
I need some release, release, release, release
We need love and peace!
Lord, love and peace!
Lay down
Lay down your guns
All your daughters of Zion
All your Abraham sons
I don't know if I can make it
I'm not easy on my knees
Here's my heart, I'll let you break it
I need some release, release, release
We need love and peace!
Love and peace!
Baby, don't fight
We can talk this thing through
You're with me, me and you
I'll call or you phone
The TV is still on
But the sound is turned down
And the troops on the ground
Are about to dig in
I wonder where is the love?
Where is the love?
Love and peace!
| pope183 (Vinyamar) | Posted: Dec 16, 2008 - 16:53 vandal wrote: This rocks. . . i agree - Rocks dirty gritty ballsy |
| jakewhite77 (Los Angeles) | Posted: Dec 16, 2008 - 16:50 U2, one of my three favorites bands. But I ALWAYS skip this song when I listen to this CD. |
| vandal (arriving somewhere, but not here. . .) | Posted: Oct 14, 2008 - 15:52 This rocks. . . |
| katherinenz (The (other) far south...) | Posted: Oct 14, 2008 - 15:43 I think I like the IDEA of Bono, but not so much in action... it's not so much the music (I think I have Joshua Tree somewhere), it's just everything else. Did anyone see that South Park? |
| phlattop | Posted: Aug 12, 2008 - 09:48 Faterson wrote: I generally love this band's stuff and this song is great. (Even better is Yahweh, the final song from the same album. Bill should add it to the playlist!) I agree about Yahweh. I always skip this track. |
| joshfm (Laramie) | Posted: Aug 12, 2008 - 09:45 I think I better get this album. Nice. |
| Ellehcim (Ottawa, ON,Canada) | Posted: Aug 12, 2008 - 09:41 copymonkey wrote: What's great about all this faceless online puffery, is that it's even MORE useless than run-of-the-mill flame wars. In the end it's obvious that Bill likes U2 and will continue to play them no matter how loud you jackasses howl or how many times you childishly attempt to manipulate the song ratings. Keep typing numbnutses and I'll keep enjoying one of the greatest bands in rock history. Copymonkey, You are my hero :D |
| copymonkey (in the northeast, but not near anywhere cool) | Posted: Jun 10, 2008 - 06:27 What's great about all this faceless online puffery, is that it's even MORE useless than run-of-the-mill flame wars. In the end it's obvious that Bill likes U2 and will continue to play them no matter how loud you jackasses howl or how many times you childishly attempt to manipulate the song ratings. Keep typing numbnutses and I'll keep enjoying one of the greatest bands in rock history. |
| lophrequa (the very edge of the land) | Posted: May 09, 2008 - 20:13 lingchih wrote: I quite like it. But then I liked Pop too.
we are voices in the wilderness, apparently. |
| MinMan (Bay Area, CA) | Posted: Apr 08, 2008 - 17:26 EssexTex wrote: What the hell went wrong with U2? When was there ever much right with U2? talk about over rated hype, cliche and obscure self-important references. |
| EssexTex (Jerome AZ..for a while) | Posted: Apr 08, 2008 - 08:04 jingjoh wrote: I might have even listened to this if "The Edge" would ever master even a slightly different guitar riff than he has played over and over for the last 15 years. Same style, same chord progressions, same effects...yawn.
"Bobo"!....LoL It suits him!Oh, and many of us would also be grateful if Bobo would lose those goofy shades. Did somebody already say "pretentiousness". I think so. |
| lingchih | Posted: Apr 08, 2008 - 08:02 I quite like it. But then I liked Pop too. |
| EssexTex (Jerome AZ..for a while) | Posted: Apr 08, 2008 - 08:00 What the hell went wrong with U2? |
| zurcronium | Posted: Mar 07, 2008 - 19:28 On mute now, first time ever on RP for me. This song is a minus 1. |
| KermitDfrog (Los Angeles, CA) | Posted: Feb 05, 2008 - 10:14 This song live was levels above the studio version. jmsmy wrote: I saw this live in 2005. U2 is just amazing live |
| sarahbean26 (waukegan,IL) | Posted: Feb 05, 2008 - 09:16 |
| kevinc (Richardson, TX) | Posted: Jun 29, 2007 - 13:26 Faterson wrote: I generally love this band's stuff and this song is great.
(Even better is Yahweh, the final song from the same album. Bill should add it to the playlist!) Bill should play Mercy, which has sat on the play list, unplayed, for years. And that's easily the best track they've done in years. It's 6 or 7 minutes of bliss. |
| Faterson (Slovakia) | Posted: May 29, 2007 - 23:52 I generally love this band's stuff and this song is great. (Even better is Yahweh, the final song from the same album. Bill should add it to the playlist!) |
| MCKY (PEI, Great White North) | Posted: May 29, 2007 - 23:48 I enjoy and respect U2, but this song is so grating. |
| Welly (Lotusland) | Posted: Apr 12, 2007 - 15:22 I generally love this band's stuff but this song sucks. |
| zipper (the double z) | Posted: Apr 12, 2007 - 15:21 tiggers wrote: You said it was a 4, but you voted it a 1 to bring its rating down and I am the one being ridiculous. If it helps, I voted it a 1 because it's sucko-barfo. |
| jmsmy (Music Town, Klein, Texas) | Posted: Apr 12, 2007 - 15:21 I saw this live in 2005. U2 is just amazing live |
| tiggers | Posted: Mar 30, 2007 - 09:36 Smoove_D wrote: Well, this is just ridiculous. How simply do I have to put it? I'm giving the SONG a 1 to bring down the SONG'S rating. I might not be rating the song ACCURATELY, but I am still rating the SONG. You accused me of rating the BAND, which I am not doing. Whether or not you approve of my method of voting, I am indeed voting on the SONG, not the BAND. You said it was a 4, but you voted it a 1 to bring its rating down and I am the one being ridiculous. |
| Smoove_D (Milwaukee) | Posted: Mar 28, 2007 - 12:40 tiggers wrote: No you weren't. You said it was worth a 4 but you would give it a 1 so you were NOT rating the song were you? Is that really so difficult for you to understand? Well, this is just ridiculous. How simply do I have to put it? I'm giving the SONG a 1 to bring down the SONG'S rating. I might not be rating the song ACCURATELY, but I am still rating the SONG. You accused me of rating the BAND, which I am not doing. Whether or not you approve of my method of voting, I am indeed voting on the SONG, not the BAND. |
| tiggers | Posted: Mar 28, 2007 - 02:24 Smoove_D wrote: I WAS rating the song, numbnuts
No you weren't. You said it was worth a 4 but you would give it a 1 so you were NOT rating the song were you? Is that really so difficult for you to understand? |
| Smoove_D (Milwaukee) | Posted: Mar 14, 2007 - 07:14 tiggers wrote: What a stupid comment. As someone else said on another U2 thread "rate the song not the band numbnuts" Hmmm...where in my comment did I say I was rating the band? I happen to like U2 quite a bit. Well, I like good U2, anyway. I WAS rating the song, numbnuts, and I'm standing by my comment. In the name of good taste, I don't think this should be played anymore when there's much better U2 available, so I'm dragging the overall rating down as far as I can. I hate to burst your bubble, but this happens all the time. |
| stevo_b (Rock Ridge!) | Posted: Mar 12, 2007 - 09:07 I got as far as the first two words, then mute! Do without. |
| Stefen (West Hollywood, CA) | Posted: Feb 24, 2007 - 17:05 NorthernLad wrote: I think Fidel is actually thinking of handing over the reins to Bono.
That would be a good idea. Really. |
| tiggers | Posted: Feb 09, 2007 - 04:27 Smoove_D wrote: I think this song deserves about a 4, but I shall give it a 1, just to bring the overall rating down as much as possible.
What a stupid comment. As someone else said on another U2 thread "rate the song not the band numbnuts" |
| El_Penguino (North) | Posted: Jan 25, 2007 - 13:25 bobringer wrote: Until U2 goes all out disco ala late 70's stones... I'm with MonkeysDad...
It's the consistency that the Stones (who I really like BTW) can't even come close to. U2 has consistently been good for 25 years now. Hard to find a 25 year period for the Stones like that. Popular for the last 25 years. Good is a matter of opinion. |
| Tireux_De_Roche (Central Massachusetts) | Posted: Jan 25, 2007 - 13:16 Matts wrote: post MTV U2 fame, spoiled band, and stupid iPod commercials, good ? maybe, original ? not sure. I really miss the old U2
Amen. |
| ahoylola (35°22′45″N, 120°51′12″W - 7 hours SW of Paradise) | Posted: Jan 25, 2007 - 13:11 Smoove_D wrote: I think this song deserves about a 4, but I shall give it a 1, just to bring the overall rating down as much as possible. I myself try not to stoop to my own level. In public.
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| Matts (California) | Posted: Jan 25, 2007 - 13:10 post MTV U2 fame, spoiled band, and stupid iPod commercials, good ? maybe, original ? not sure. I really miss the old U2 |
| Smoove_D (Milwaukee) | Posted: Jan 25, 2007 - 13:08 I think this song deserves about a 4, but I shall give it a 1, just to bring the overall rating down as much as possible. |
| squidish (under the sea) | Posted: Dec 27, 2006 - 09:35 aquadonia wrote: It just moves me and I've got to sing along. If I ever get a band together, I'm doing this song, dammit! Long Live U2! Yeah! |
| jingjoh (Bangkok, Thailand) | Posted: Dec 13, 2006 - 00:44 I might have even listened to this if "The Edge" would ever master even a slightly different guitar riff than he has played over and over for the last 15 years. Same style, same chord progressions, same effects...yawn. Oh, and many of us would also be grateful if Bobo would lose those goofy shades. Did somebody already say "pretentiousness". I think so. |
| ndanger666 (Lost in the Ozone Again) | Posted: Nov 28, 2006 - 06:25 Pretentious crapola. Spare us. |
| meloman (Warsaw, Poland) | Posted: Oct 15, 2006 - 09:45 U2 would be a more attractive band without all the grandiosity. |
| exciter76 (venice - la bella italia / Last night I dreamt that somebody loved me; no hope no harm, just another false alarm) | Posted: Sep 16, 2006 - 01:40 one of the best songs of U's latest album, some seems very week and full of deja-vu's but this one show the strenght that made U2 what they are today |
| underarmor (Austin) | Posted: Sep 01, 2006 - 10:33 tony620d wrote: peace sells, but whos buying?
Megadeath, naturally. |
| NorthernLad (Elk Lake, Northern Ontario Canada) | Posted: Sep 01, 2006 - 10:32 I think Fidel is actually thinking of handing over the reins to Bono. |
| Steven_G | Posted: Aug 16, 2006 - 06:01 goo wrote: houstoib wrote: I think I have to agree Goo. Matter of fact, Bono was just in the news promoting taking care of the poor to church leaders around the world. Pretty cool if you ask me.The song name just gives me the willies. Love and Peace or Else? Or else what? Bono's an idiot.
I think you misunderstand his point. "Or else" isn't intended as a threat...it's warning...if we fail to keep the Peace, bad things will happen for everyone. I think that's all he is saying here...It's an obvious point but one worth repeating. Anyway, Bono isn't an idiot. He's actually a pretty good song writer and a great performer. |
| goo (Victoria, B.C.) | Posted: Aug 01, 2006 - 14:44 houstoib wrote: The song name just gives me the willies. Love and Peace or Else? Or else what? Bono's an idiot.
I think you misunderstand his point. "Or else" isn't intended as a threat...it's warning...if we fail to keep the Peace, bad things will happen for everyone. I think that's all he is saying here...It's an obvious point but one worth repeating. Anyway, Bono isn't an idiot. He's actually a pretty good song writer and a great performer. |
| bobringer (Wayne, NJ) | Posted: Aug 01, 2006 - 14:16 Farquwaar wrote: Your kidding right? That sounds backwards...U2 hopes they're still around in another 20 years. The Stones have been at it for 40 some years!!! It's the consistency that the Stones (who I really like BTW) can't even come close to. U2 has consistently been good for 25 years now. Hard to find a 25 year period for the Stones like that. |
| Hedwig (Somewhere between Portland, OR and NYC) | Posted: Aug 01, 2006 - 14:10 tony620d wrote: love and peace or else? or else what? sounds like a violent threat. self righteous fools.
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| guysmiley (Madison, Wis.) | Posted: Jul 19, 2006 - 12:19 Monkeysdad wrote: I think it depends on the song, album, etc. as to how great or mediocre they are. I bet the Stones would give the skin off their back for a run like U2 has had. Good point. I can't think of another band that, first, has retained all of its original members for so long, and, second, been so successful for so long. Amazing. |
| Kismet (Calgary, Alberta) | Posted: Jul 19, 2006 - 12:18 Sorry to those who like this song. I just had to hit "mute" again. One of U2's worst, IMHO. |
| Farquwaar (The City of Brotherly Love) | Posted: Jul 19, 2006 - 12:14 Monkeysdad wrote: I think it depends on the song, album, etc. as to how great or mediocre they are. I bet the Stones would give the skin off their back for a run like U2 has had. Your kidding right? That sounds backwards...U2 hopes they're still around in another 20 years. The Stones have been at it for 40 some years!!! |
| Monkeysdad (Sunny Simi) | Posted: Jul 04, 2006 - 20:19 dmax wrote: You know, for the greatest band in the world or whatever they think they are, they really are mediocre, aren't they?
I think it depends on the song, album, etc. as to how great or mediocre they are. I bet the Stones would give the skin off their back for a run like U2 has had. |
| (former member) (Shadow Valley Condos) | Posted: Jun 18, 2006 - 14:52 You know, for the greatest band in the world or whatever they think they are, they really are mediocre, aren't they? |

When was there ever much right with U2? talk about over rated hype, cliche and obscure self-important references.