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How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb
One Step Closer

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One Step Closer

Release date: 22nd November 2004

From How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb

Rock Music Pop Pop/Rock

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About This Track

"One Step Closer" is a track by U2, from the album How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb, released 22nd November 2004. It's filed under Rock. Full lyrics are available below.

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Lyrics

One Step Closer

[Verse 1]

I'm 'round the corner from anything that's real

I'm across the road from hope

I'm under the bridge in a riptide

That's taken everything I call my own

[Chorus]

One step closer to knowing

One step closer to knowing

[Verse 2]

I'm on an island in a busy intersection

I can't go forward, now I can't turn back

Can't see the future, it's getting away from me

I just watch the tail lights glowing

[Chorus]

One step closer to knowing

One step closer to knowing

One step closer to knowing

Knowing, knowing

[Verse 3]

I'm hanging out to dry with my old clothes

Finger still red with the prick of an old rose

Well, the heart that hurts is a heart that beats

Can you hear the drummer slowing?

[Chorus]

One step closer to knowing

One step closer to knowing

One step closer to knowing

To knowing

One step closer to knowing

One step closer to knowing

One step closer to knowing

To knowing, to knowing

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From How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb

2004

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Credits

Production & Engineering

Writer: Adam Clayton, Bono, Larry Mullen Jr., The Edge (Guitarist)
Lyricist: Bono
Producer: Chris Thomas, Daniel Lanois
Bass: Adam Clayton
Drums: Larry Mullen Jr.
Guitar: Bono, Daniel Lanois, The Edge (Guitarist)
Vocals: Bono
Additional Production: Jacknife Lee
Assistant Mastering Engineer: Joe Bozzi
Assistant Recording Engineer: Chris Heaney
Background Vocals: The Edge (Guitarist)
Mastering Engineer: Arnie Acosta
Mixing Engineer: Jacknife Lee
Pedal Steel Guitar: Daniel Lanois
Recording Engineer: Carl Glanville
Synthesizer: Jacknife Lee