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Gone by U2

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U2

Gone

Release date: 3rd March 1997

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About This Track

'Gone' by U2 is a 1997 rock track from the album 'Pop'. The lyrics cast a speaker caught in guilt and stasis, clinging too tightly to small things until there is “nothing left for you anyway”. The tone turns resigned and even cleaving, with a farewell to a bright, performative life, paired with images of staying up with the sun and refusing to come down.

"Gone" is a track by U2, from the album Pop, released 3rd March 1997. The track is 4:27 long. It's filed under Rock. Full lyrics are available below.

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U2

U2

Lyrics

Gone

You get to feel so guilty
You got so much for so little
Then you find that feeling just won't go away
You were holding on to every little thing so tightly
'Til there's nothing left for you anyway

Goodbye
You can keep this suit of lights
I'll be up with the sun
I'm not coming down
I'm not coming down, ooh
I'm not coming down

You wanted to get somewhere so badly
You kinda lose yourself along the way
You change your name, but that's okay, it's necessary
And what you leave behind you don't miss anyway

Goodbye
You can keep this suit of lights
I'll be up with the sun
I'm not coming down
I'm not coming down, ooh-ooh
I'm not coming down

'Cause I'm already gone
Felt that way all along
Closer to you every day
Didn't want it that much anyway

You're taking steps that make you feel dizzy
Then you learn to like the way it feels
You hurt yourself, you hurt your lover
Then you discover
What you thought was freedom is just greed

Goodbye
And it's an emotional, good night
I'll be up with the sun
Are you still holding on?
I'm not coming down, ooh
I'm not coming down, oh
I'm not coming down

Gone, sun, time, sun
Gone, sun, gone, sun
Sun

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Track details

From Pop

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Pop
Pop
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3rd March 1997
Track number
7
Release year
1997
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    • Credits

    Production & Engineering

    Writer
    Adam Clayton, Bono, Larry Mullen Jr., The Edge (Guitarist)
    Producer
    Flood
    Producer
    Flood
    Bass
    Adam Clayton
    Drums
    Larry Mullen Jr.
    Guitar
    The Edge (Guitarist)
    Vocals
    Bono
    Assistant Mixing Engineer
    Richard Rainey
    Assistant Recording Engineer
    Rob Kirwan
    Loops
    Larry Mullen, Larry Mullen Jr.
    Mastering Engineer
    Howie Weinberg
    Mixing Engineer
    Ben Hillier, Richard Rainey, Steve Osborne
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    Ben Hillier
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    Howie B., Mark “Spike” Stent, Mark Stent, Rob Kirwan
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