Kite

U2 · All That You Can't Leave Behind [2000]

Something is about to give

I can feel it coming

I think I know what it means

I'm not afraid to die

I'm not afraid to live

And when I'm flat on my back

I hope to feel like I did



'cause hardness, it sets in

You need some protection

The thinner the skin



I want you to know

That you don't need me anymore

I want you to know

You don't need anyone, or anything at all



Who's to say where the wind will take you

Who's to say what it is will break you

I don't know, which way the wind will blow

Who's to know when the time has come around

Don't want to see you cry

I know that this is not goodbye



In summer I can taste the salt in the sea

There's a kite blowing out of control on a breeze

I wonder what's gonna happen to you

You wonder what has happened to me



I'm a man, I'm not a child

A man who sees

The shadow behind your eyes



Who's to say where the wind will take you

Who's to say what it is will break you

I don't know, where the wind will blow

Who's to know when the time has come around

I don't want to see you cry

I know that this is not goodbye



Did I waste it?

Not so much I couldn't taste it

Life should be fragrant

Roof top to the basement

The last of the rocks stars

When hip-hop drove the big cars

In the time when new media

Was the big idea

What was the big idea