U2 A Sort of Homecoming on HQ Vinyl with Lyrics in Description

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Track 1 from their fourth studio album "The Unforgettable Fire" released in 1984 copyright Island Records. It was recorded at historic Slane Castle in County Meath and Windmill Lane Recording Studios in Dublin, Ireland. At this point in their career, they felt the need to take risks to expand their sound and sought a new producer to that end. Even Steve Lillywhite, who had produced all their albums so far, agreed that a new production approach would be a benefit for the next album. They approached the best in the business and were able to secure Brian Eno, formerly of Roxy Music and a rising star as a producer, and Daniel Lanois, his preferred recording engineer. Brian Eno acted more as a production manager and Lanois produced most of the album himself. The band continued to write songs with political themes and their opinions of society, some of which would become classics. The album received mostly excellent reviews and reached No. 27 in Portugal, No. 12 in the U.S., No. 6 in Sweden and Norway, No. 5 in Canada and No. 1 in the U.K., Australia and New Zealand. It achieved Gold status in France, Switzerland and the Netherlands, 2X Platinum in the U.K. and 3X Platinum in the U.S. and Canada. Recorded from the original vinyl. Written by Bono & U2 and produced by Brian Eno & Daniel Lanois. Featuring:

Bono - Lead vocals
The Edge - Lead & rhythm guitars, keyboards & background vocals
Adam Clayton - Bass
Larry Mullen Jr. - Drums & percussion
Special Guests:
Paul Barrett - Fairlight
Chrissie Hynde - Background vocal on "Pride (In the Name of Love)"
Brian Eno - Background vocals
Daniel Lanois - Background vocals

And you know it's time to go
Through the sleet and drivin' snow
Across the fields of mourning
Lights in the distance

And you (hunger for the time)
(Time to heal, desire time)
(And your Earth moves beneath)
(Your own dream) landscape

Oh, ho, ho-oh
On borderland we (run)
I'll be there, I'll be there
(Tonight) a high road, a high road out from here

The city walls are all gone down
The dust, a smokescreen all around
See faces plowed like fields that once
Gave no resistance

And we live by the side of the road
On the side of a hill as the valley explodes
Dislocated, suffocated
The land grows weary of its own

Oh, some away, oh, come away, oh, come
(Oh, come away, say I)
(Oh, come away, oh, come away, oh, come)
(Oh, come away, say I)

Oh, oh, ho-oh
On borderland we (run)
And still we run, we run and don't look back
I'll be there, I'll be there
(Tonight, tonight)

I'll be there tonight I believe
I'll be there somehow
I'll be there to, tonight

Oh, come away and say, you say, oh, come
Oh, come away, oh, you say

The wind will crack in wintertime
This bomb-blast lightnin' waltz
No spoken words, just a scream, yeah

Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh

Tonight we'll build a bridge across the sea and land
See the sky, the burnin' rain
She will die and live again tonight

And your heart beats so slow
Through the rain and fallin' snow
(Across the fields of mourning)
(Lights in the distance)

Ah, don't sorrow, no, don't weep
For tonight at last
I am coming home
I am coming home