"One Step Closer" Lyrics U2



"One Step Closer" Lyrics by U2

"One Step Closer" is billed in the How to Dismantle An Atomic Bomb cover notes as being with with thanks to Noel Gallagher of Oasis. The lyrical inspiration of the song comes from a chat Bono had with Noel about Bono's dying father, Bob Hewson. Bono asked, "Do you think he believes in God?" to which Gallagher replied, "Well, he's one step closer to knowing." 

How to Dismantle An Atomic Bomb also featured the hit Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own where the lyrics also reflected on Bono's Dad.

"One Step Closer" Lyrics by U2

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 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 drumming?

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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