U2 - Every Breaking Wave

The official music video for Every Breaking Wave by U2. From the album Songs Of Innocence, the video for ’Every Breaking Wave’ is directed by Belfast-born Aoife McArdle and drawn from her 13-minute short film of the same name. Set against the social and political turmoil of early 1980s Northern Ireland where McArdle grew up, the film ‘Every Breaking Wave’ is built around themes of emotional abandon and the uncertainty of romantic relationships. The story follows two teenagers, one Catholic and the other Protestant, who fall in love amidst ongoing violence. The short film’s emotional core is centered around ‘Every Breaking Wave’ and ‘The Troubles’, two tracks drawn from Songs of Innocence. View Aoife McArdle’s Every Breaking Wave here. Explore the music of U2: Subscribe to the U2 channel: Watch more U2 videos: Sign up to the U2 mailing list: Follow U2 on… Facebook: Twitter: Instagram: Official Website: Lyrics: Every breaking wave on the shore Tells the next one there’ll be one more And every gambler knows that to lose Is what you’re really there for Summer I was fearless Now I speak into an answer phone Like every falling leaf on the breeze Winter wouldn’t leave it alone Alone If you go? If you go your way and I go mine Are we so? Are we so helpless against the tide? Baby every dog on the street Knows that we’re in love with defeat Are we ready to be swept off our feet And stop chasing Every breaking wave Every sailor knows that the sea Is a friend made enemy And every shipwrecked soul, knows what it is To live without intimacy I thought I heard the captain’s voice It’s hard to listen while you preach Like every broken wave on the shore This is as far as I could reach If you go? If you go your way and I go mine Are we so? Are we so helpless against the tide? Baby every dog on the street Knows that we’re in love with defeat Are we ready to be swept off our feet And stop chasing Every breaking wave? The sea knows where are the rocks And drowning is no sin You know where my heart is The same place that yours has been We know that we fear to win And so we end before we begin Before we begin If you go? If you go your way and I go mine Are we so? Are we so helpless against the tide? Baby every dog on the street Knows that we’re in love with defeat Are we ready to be swept off our feet And stop chasing Every breaking wave