Lanois prayers

Ever heard the prayer Bono and Lanois wrote together for the upcoming U2 album?
Bono quoted another draft of this song to Brian Williams/NBC ("There's no midnight please/You're just on your knees/There is a harbor in a safe port./What was is now not/There was no price to pay/"Thank you for the day.")

Here is Lanois ' version:

"Thank You"

Thank you for the day
Thank you for the day
Thank you for the day
It takes my breath away
Thank you for the stars
That hold up the night
Thank you for the day
Thank you for the day


Thank you for the moon
That shines so bright
Thank you for the courage
To seek out what's right
Thank you for the road
And it's endless bend
Thank you for the day
Thank you for the day

Thank you for the song
That's in my heart
May we never be apart
Thank you for the miracle air we breathe
Thank you for the day
Thank you for the day

Thank you for the road
And it's endless bend
Thank you for the day
Thank you for the day
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Daniel Lanois: "Here Is What Is":



I came here on a brave driving wheel
Now I'm wearing these heavy arms of steel
Don't know what is light and what is shadow
I kinda thought I did but I guess I don't know

Here is what is Here is what is
Spiral on down to your sweetheart
Here is what is Here is what is
Don't you go walking too long in the dark

I ran for a minute then the city took me back
The railway promises was a broken track
Through Your eyes I can see
That maybe I don't need to be what I thought I should be

Here is what is Here is what is
Smile a little to your sweetheart
Here is what is Here is what is
Don't you go walking too long in the dark

Ice falls on me but I feel no cold
You're like a fleece like a new soul
I'm standing on the ledge not fearing the fall
Your salvation teaches all

Here is what is Here is what is
Spiral on down to your sweetheart
Here is what is Here is what is
Don't you go walking too long in the dark

Here is what is Here is what is
Smile a little to your sweetheart
Here is what is Here is what is
Don't you go walking too long in the dark

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"Lotta Love to Give":
I'm watching the rain clouds in the sky roll in
I'm sick of these red pills, sick of the dealer's grin
Daniel, Daniel by the bonfires
On the telephone wire she's callin' you sayin'
Hey I got a lotta love to give

You walked up to me and said did I make a mistake
I feel so naked I could use a twist of fate
There's a sermon that I heard the other day,
confused me so I looked the other way
I'm watchin' you now with a whole lotta love to give

I'm half crazy, eyes are heavy
If I can't be with you I would much rather be very dead
Please don't break it, could you make it
into something that fits into your very pretty head

Oh, I'm half crazy, eyes are heavy
If I can't be with you I would much rather be very dead
Please don't break it, ah could you make it
into something that fits into your very pretty head

Just tryin' to write it down while I still remember
The winds are cold, but not yet, it's not yet December
Fireballs bursting in the sky, Wasaga Beach, first of July,
you said to me, hey I gotta whole lotta love to give



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"The Maker":

Oh, Oh Deep water
Black, and cold like the night
I stand with arms wide open
I've run a twisted mile
I'm a stranger
in the eyes of the maker

I could not see
for fog in my eyes
I could not feel
for the fear in my life
From across the great divide
In the distance i saw a light
Jean baptiste
walking to me with the maker

My body is bent and broken
by long and dangerous leaps
I can't work the fields of abraham
and turn my head away
I'm not a stranger
in the eyes of the maker

Brother john
Have you seen the homeless daughters
standing there
with broken wings
I have seen the flaming swords
there over east of eden
burning in the eyes of the maker
burning in the eyes of the maker
burning in the eyes of the maker
burning in the eyes of the maker



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"Shine":

I have wandered far and wide
All the way from Paris to Mexico
'Til I was gone and didn't know

In the end the thing that keeps me walking
Is your shine, your shine in the morning, your shine in the distance,
Your shine inside the laughter and the ghosts

They have spoken of the river forever bending inside the fever
Of the saints that walk all night with no domain

In the end the thing that keeps them walking is your shine
Your shine when they wear no coat, your shine when the feelings low
Your shine when it's too late to turn around

I have frozen up my dreams, thinking I was all alone
Fighting every minute for each turning stone
I have reached the rocket speed
I have touched the ground that feeds
Scaling fences, looking for the healing sun

In the end the thing that keeps me walking is your shine
Your shine in transmissions, your shine in decisions,
Your shine when I labor to the new day,
It's your shine, your shine, your shine, shine...hine on

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