Please

Please by U2. Words by Bono and the Edge.

So you never knew love
Until you crossed the line of grace.

And you never felt wanted
Till you'd someone slap your face.

So you never felt alive
Until you'd almost wasted away.

You had to win, you couldn't just pass
The smartest ass at the top of the class.

Your flying colours, your family tree
And all your lessons in history.

Please, please, please

Get up off your knees.
Please, please, please, please.

And you never knew how low you'd stoop
To make that call.

And you never knew what was on the ground
Till they made you crawl.

So you never knew that the heaven
You keep

You stole.

Your Catholic blues, 

Your convent shoes,
Your stick-on tattoos 

Now they're making the news.

Your holy war, 

Your northern star
Your sermon on the mount from the boot of your car.

Please, please, please

Get up off your knees.
Please, please, please
Leave me out of this, please.

So love is hard
And love is tough
But love 

Is not
What you're thinking of.

September, streets capsizing
Spilling over down the drains
Shards of glass, 

Splinters like rain
But you could only

Feel your own pain.

October, talk getting nowhere.
November, December; 

Remember
We just started again.

Please, please, please
Get up off your knees.
Please, please, please, please.

So love is big
Is bigger than us.

But love

Is not
What you're thinking of.

It's what lovers deal
It's what lovers steal

You know I've found it

Hard to receive

'Cause you, my love

I could never believe.