This song is from U2's new Songs of Innocence album. It ss dedicated to the gone but never forgotten Joe Strummer, and 'celebrates The Clash spirit of passion and purposefulness'.
In "This Is Where You Can Reach Me Now," U2 draws heavily from the punk ethos of rebellion and resistance, with lyrics that capture a generational call to arms, echoing the spirit of The Clash.
Bono’s invocation of "Soldier, soldier / We signed our lives away" reveals a metaphorical enlistment into a cause bigger than oneself—a surrender not to traditional warfare but to a lifelong battle for meaning, truth, and justice. The imagery of complete surrender as "the only weapon we know" speaks to the band's immersion in the world of activism and idealism, where their chosen struggle is waged not with violence but with music and conviction.
There's a sense of lost innocence and irrevocable change in "we knew the world would never be the same," reflecting how The Clash shaped U2's early vision—a vision that was less about being “cool” and more about channeling the energy of punk into something constructive, something transformative.
Soldier, soldier
We signed our lives away
Complete surrender
The only weapon we know
Soldier soldier
We knew the world would never be the same
Solider, this is where you can reach me now
We come from an ancient place
Beyond what we can see
We’ve come to colonise your night
And steal your poetry
Old man knows that I never listen
So how could I have something to say
Old man knows how to cheat ambition
You don’t lose if you don’t play
1 2 3 4 was enough
Soldier, soldier
We signed our lives away
Complete surrender
The only weapon we know
Soldier soldier
We knew the world would never be the same
Solider, this is where you can reach me now
In a double decker bus
Into College Square
If you won’t let us in your world
Your wold just isn’t there
If you won’t let us in your world
Your world just isn’t there
Old man says that we never listen
We shout about what we don’t know
We’re taking the path of most resistance
The only way for us to go
Hup 2 3 4 was enough
Soldier, soldier
We signed our lives away
Complete surrender
The only weapon we know
Soldier soldier
We knew the world would never be the same
Solider, this is where you can reach me now
This is the site
This is the season
This is where you can reach me now
This is the time
This is the number
This is where you can reach me now
'This Is Where You Can Reach Me Now' song lyrics by U2
Soldier, soldier
We signed our lives away
Complete surrender
The only weapon we know
Soldier soldier
We knew the world would never be the same
Solider, this is where you can reach me now
We come from an ancient place
Beyond what we can see
We’ve come to colonise your night
And steal your poetry
Old man knows that I never listen
So how could I have something to say
Old man knows how to cheat ambition
You don’t lose if you don’t play
1 2 3 4 was enough
Soldier, soldier
We signed our lives away
Complete surrender
The only weapon we know
Soldier soldier
We knew the world would never be the same
Solider, this is where you can reach me now
In a double decker bus
Into College Square
If you won’t let us in your world
Your wold just isn’t there
If you won’t let us in your world
Your world just isn’t there
Old man says that we never listen
We shout about what we don’t know
We’re taking the path of most resistance
The only way for us to go
Hup 2 3 4 was enough
Soldier, soldier
We signed our lives away
Complete surrender
The only weapon we know
Soldier soldier
We knew the world would never be the same
Solider, this is where you can reach me now
This is the site
This is the season
This is where you can reach me now
This is the time
This is the number
This is where you can reach me now
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