I was born a child of grace
Nothing else about the place
Everything was ugly but your beautiful face
And it left me no illusion
I saw you in the curve of the moon
In the shadow cast across my room
You heard me in my tune
When I just heard confusion
All because of you
All because of you
All because of you
I am, I am
I like the sound of my own voice
I didn't give anyone else a choice
An intellectual tortoise
Racing with your bullet train
Some people get squashed crossing the tracks
Some people got high rises on their backs
I'm not broke but you can see the cracks
You can make me perfect again
All because of you
All because of you
All because of you
I am, I am
I'm alive
I'm being born
I just arrived, I'm at the door
Of the place I started out from
And I want back inside
All because of you
All because of you
All because of you
I am
Composed by U2 / lyrics by Bono and The Edge
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About "All Because Of You"
From the original U2 Album "How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb" (22 November 2004)
This was the second single from the album in North America. The song was released for airplay in the United States concurrently with the album release date (the first single, "Vertigo", had been released prior to the album debut).
Chart success
The song debuted at twenty-seven on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart and went on to reach six. It entered at thirty-nine on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks chart three weeks after its release and reached twenty. However, the single's airplay quickly diminished. The song achieved significantly less success than the second American single released from U2's previous two albums, both of which spent several months on the Hot 100.
"All Because of You" was released in the United Kingdom on 10 October 2005. It was added to Xfm London's playlist and BBC Radio 1's C-list, later moving to the B-list. The song finally made it to the A-list on 28 September. The song also made it onto BBC Radio 2's B-list. The song jumped to ten on the airplay chart on 10 October, after lingering around fifty for a month. "All Because of You" entered the singles chart at four, but slipped out of the top 40 just two weeks later. It also failed to chart in the U.K. download chart.
Vertigo tour
"All Because of You" has been regularly performed on the Vertigo Tour, though it has missed a number of shows. It has typically opened the second encore. Bono has introduced it live as "a love song to The Who", acknowledging The Who's obvious influence on the song's sound. He also played the tambourine during the live performance of the song. [From Wikipedia]
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