With Or Without You (Remastered 2007)
U2 · The Joshua Tree
See the stone set in your eyes
See the thorn twist in your side
I'll wait for you
Slight of hand and twist of fate
On a bed of nails she makes me wait
And I'll wait without you
With or without you
With or without you
Through the storm we reach the shore
You give it all but I want more
And I'm waiting for you
Withor without you
With or without you
I can't live
With or without you
And you give yourself away
And you give yourself away
And you give, and you give
And you give yourself away
My hands are tied
My body bruised, she got me with
Nothing to win and nothing left to lose
And you give yourself away
And you give yourself away
And you give, and you give
And you give yourself away
With or without you
With or without you
I can't live
With or without you
Oh-oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh
With or without you
With or without you
I can't live
With or without you
With or without you
See the thorn twist in your side
I'll wait for you
Slight of hand and twist of fate
On a bed of nails she makes me wait
And I'll wait without you
With or without you
With or without you
Through the storm we reach the shore
You give it all but I want more
And I'm waiting for you
Withor without you
With or without you
I can't live
With or without you
And you give yourself away
And you give yourself away
And you give, and you give
And you give yourself away
My hands are tied
My body bruised, she got me with
Nothing to win and nothing left to lose
And you give yourself away
And you give yourself away
And you give, and you give
And you give yourself away
With or without you
With or without you
I can't live
With or without you
Oh-oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh
With or without you
With or without you
I can't live
With or without you
With or without you
About With or Without You
"With or Without You" is one of U2's defining songs and a central moment on The Joshua Tree. The recording is built on restraint and gradual release: Adam Clayton's bass line circles steadily, the Edge's guitar textures shimmer, and Bono's vocal moves from near-whisper to open anguish. The lyric describes attachment as both necessity and wound, which gives the song its unresolved power. Rather than behaving like a conventional rock anthem from the start, it gathers intensity slowly until the emotional pressure breaks through. Its success showed U2 could make a global hit out of atmosphere, spiritual tension, and disciplined simplicity.