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U2
Songs Of Innocence (Deluxe)
The Crystal Ballroom

TRACK

The Crystal Ballroom

Release date: 9th September 2014

From Songs Of Innocence (Deluxe)

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About This Track

"The Crystal Ballroom" is a track by U2, from the album Songs Of Innocence (Deluxe), released 9th September 2014. Full lyrics are available below.

About the Artist

U2

Lyrics

The Crystal Ballroom

Life begins with the first glance

The first kiss and the first dance

All of us are wondering why we're here

In the crystal ballroom underneath the chandelier

Wet the glass till the glasses sing

We punish our hearts till the heart bells ring

'Cause where we come from, we’re not always kind

The human story's what love leaves behind

We’re the ghosts of love

And we haunt this place

We’re the ghosts of love

In every face

In the ballroom of the crystalline

Everyone’s here with me tonight

Everyone but you

Our first chance is their last dance

Our life is shaped by another's hands

Buttoning, unbuttoning a Coco dress

Stopping and not stopping every cold caress

Born for bliss, born for this

Every human life begins with a kiss

A kiss by every kind of possibility

And everyone is here tonight with me

We're the ghosts of love

And we haunt this place

We're the ghosts of love

In every face

In the ballroom of the crystalline

Everyone's here with me tonight

Everyone but you

Everybody’s here with me tonight

Everybody’s here with me but you

Everybody’s here with me tonight

Everybody’s here with me but you

Everybody’s here with me tonight

Everybody’s here with me but you

Everybody’s here with me tonight

Everybody’s here with me but you

Born for bliss, born for this

Every human life begins with a kiss

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Track details

From Songs Of Innocence (Deluxe)

2014

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Album

Songs Of Innocence (Deluxe)

Release year

2014

—Sleep Like A Baby Tonight (Alternative Perspective Mix)
—The Crystal Ballroom
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—Lucifer's Hands
—The Miracle (Of Joey Ramone) - Busker Version
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—Every Breaking Wave (From Acoustic Sessions)
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Credits

Production & Engineering

Writer: Adam Clayton, Bono, Larry Mullen Jr., The Edge (Guitarist)
Lyricist: Bono, The Edge (Guitarist)
Producer: Danger Mouse
Engineer: Declan Gaffney, Kennie Takahashi
Bass: Adam Clayton
Drums: Larry Mullen Jr.
Guitar: Bono, The Edge (Guitarist)
Keyboards: Danger Mouse, Declan Gaffney
Vocals: Bono
Additional Engineering: Ben Baptie
Assistant Engineer: Joe Visciano
Background Vocals: Deradoorian, Joseph Elmhirst
Mixing Engineer: Tchad Blake