Page type: lyric reference
Artist: U2
Canonical path: /u2/one-step-closer
Related lyric paths: 6
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One Step Closer
Read One Step Closer lyrics by U2 on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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One Step Closer
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I'm 'round the corner from anything that's real
I'm across the road from hope
I'm under a bridge in a rip tide
That's taken everything I call my own
One step closer to knowing
One step closer to knowing
I'm on an island at a busy intersection
I can't go forward, I can't turn back
Can't see the future
It's getting away from me
I just watch the tail lights glowing
One step closer to knowing
One step closer to knowing
One step closer to knowing
Knowing, knowing
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?
One step closer to knowing
One step closer to knowing
One step closer to knowing
To knowing, to knowing, to knowing
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U2 performs "One Step Closer", and this lyric page sits inside the U2 catalog on LyroVerse.
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