Yours Eternally
Released: February 18, 2026
EP: Days of Ash
Featuring: Ed Sheeran & Taras Topolia
Serving as the emotional crescendo of the Days of Ash EP, "Yours Eternally" is a sonic pact between the studio and the trench.
This closing anthem sees U2 unite with Ed Sheeran and Ukrainian soldier-musician Taras Topolia (Antytila), transforming the friendship forged in the bomb shelters of Kyiv into a global broadcast of resilience.
Written by a powerhouse team including Bono, The Edge, and Simon Carmody, the track is lifted by a choir of activists - including Pussy Riot's Nadya Tolokonnkova and Bob Geldof—delivering a haunting yet hopeful vow that love will outlast the machinery of war.
Lyrics - Yours Eternally
Don't sleep
Don't even think about it
No need
Maybe a little bit
Still dream
About waking up free
As we can be
Forget
Whatever doesn't fit
Regret
Regret none of it
Don't bet
On getting rid of me
Yours eternally
Dearest friends or whatever
We are calling ourselves these days
My current location
I cannot disclose
Geographically
It's nowhere that I've been before
But emotionally
We're on the same road
If you have the chance to laugh
Laugh at me
If you have the chance to hope
It's a duty
Don't sleep
Don't even think about it
No need
Maybe a little bit
Still dream
About waking up free
As we can be
Forget
Whatever doesn't fit
Regret
Regret none of it
Don't bet
On getting rid of me
Yours eternally
As your so called companion
The worst jokes and the greatest times
You got me high
And the stars got me home
Your faith in me was blinding
Yours is the song that I've always sung
You are not lost out there because
You are not alone
If you have a chance to reach
Reach for me
In the chaos of the earth
We'll find beauty
All this time we've been chasing dust
A soldier's song a sailor's lust
For the glory of a world
That we can't yet see
Don't sleep
Don't even think about it
No need
Maybe a little bit
Still dream
About waking up free
As we can be
Forget
Whatever doesn't fit
Regret
Regret none of it
Don't bet
On getting rid of me
Yours eternally
Volia, volia
Volia, volia
Volia, volia
Volia, volia
Structured as a letter written from the frontlines of a war zone, "Yours Eternally" is an impassioned appeal from a soldier urging those back home to live, dream, and retain their faith.
The creative seed for the collaboration was planted in May 2022 when Ed Sheeran helped broker a meeting between Bono, The Edge, and Taras Topolia - frontman of the Ukrainian band Antytila and a combat medic - while U2 performed an acoustic set inside a converted Kyiv metro bomb shelter. Bono was deeply struck by Topolia's resilience, later remarking on his "dark sense of humor and defiant spirit," elements he actively sought to weave into the DNA of the track.
Central to the song's identity is the Ukrainian word "Volya" (meaning freedom), a concept Topolia explained to Bono as the single word that best encapsulates the character of his nation. Despite ongoing air raid sirens and power blackouts, Topolia and his band managed to record their vocal contributions from Ukraine, injecting the track with an undeniable authenticity.
Since the release of the Days of Ash EP, "Yours Eternally" has been widely celebrated as a powerful blend of commercial pop appeal and searing political protest.
Critics have lauded it as an "immediate and technicolor banger" that manages to carry the thematic weight of a war lament without sacrificing an uplifting, melodic hook. Emphasizing the track’s enduring relevance, U2 marked the fourth anniversary of the Russian invasion on February 24, 2026, by releasing a dedicated short documentary film directed by Ukrainian filmmaker Illia Mikhailiuk.
By pairing one of the biggest pop stars in the world with a soldier actively fighting for his country's survival, U2 forged a song that is as much a global show of solidarity as it is a deeply personal vow of endurance.
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