U2 - Get On Your Boots Lyrics and Video
Get On Your Boots by U2, Music Video and Lyrics
Get on Your Boots is the lead single by rock band U2, from their upcoming twelfth studio album, No Line on the Horizon.
The song received its world premiere radio play on The Colm & Jim-Jim Breakfast Show on RTE 2fm at 08:10 on 19 January 2009, and it will be played by the band’s long-time friend and favoured disc-jockey Dave Fanning.
The music video was directed by Grammy Award-winning director Alex Courtes. It was shot in London and will be officially released on January 29, 2009.
You can listen the song here, this is the official video.
U2 - Get On Your Boots Lyrics
The future needs a big kiss
Winds blows with a twist
Never seen a moon like this
Can you see it too?
Night is falling everywhere
Rockets at the fun fair
Satan loves a bomb scare
But he won’t scare you
Hey, sexy boots
Get on your boots, yeah
You free me from the dark dream
Candy floss ice cream
All our kids are screaming
But the ghosts aren’t real
Here’s where we gotta be
Love and community
Laughter is eternity
If joy is real
You don’t know how beautiful
You don’t know how beautiful you are
You don’t know, and you don’t get it, do you?
You don’t know how beautiful you are
That’s someone’s stuff they’re blowing up
We’re into growing up
Women of the future
Hold the big revelations
I got a submarine
You got gasoline
I don’t want to talk about wars between nations
Not right now
Hey sexy boots
Get on your boots, yeah
Not right now
Bossy boots
You don’t know how beautiful
You don’t know how beautiful you are
You don’t know, and you don’t get it, do you?
You don’t know how beautiful you are
Hey sexy boots
I don’t want to talk about the wars between the nations
Sexy boots, yeah
Let me in the sound
Let me in the sound
Let me in the sound, sound
Let me in the sound, sound
Meet me in the sound
Let me in the sound
Let me in the sound, now
God, I’m going down
I don’t wanna drown now
Meet me in the sound
Let me in the sound
Let me in the sound
Let me in the sound, sound
Let me in the sound, sound
Meet me in the sound
Get on your boots
Get on your boots
Get on your boots
Yeah hey hey
Song Information
Released 15 February 2009 (digital only), 16 February 2009
Genre Rock
Label Universal
Writers U2
Producer Brian Eno, Daniel Lanois
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January 19th, 2009 at 9:34 am
Laughter is eternity if the joy is real—-
the same drums in u2.com video..
I wanna hear the whole cd!!!
January 19th, 2009 at 11:07 am
February 5th, 2009 at 10:40 pm
I am glad I stopped by to read this post. It is refreshing to read an author who knows the subject matter. I will be adding you to my reader.
February 6th, 2009 at 7:38 pm
This is a great song, nice video - i’m waiting for the record.
The best from the best.
U2 #1
February 23rd, 2009 at 3:33 pm
GREAT SONG ,LYRICS AND MUSIC ,GO U2 ALL THE BEST
March 26th, 2009 at 11:50 am
Can’t get bored of this song
March 27th, 2009 at 1:17 pm
are you guys serious? this is awful. i thought i hated them before- but seriously. i don’t think the lyrics could get any worse. probably about time you guys broke up.
March 30th, 2009 at 10:11 pm
Yeah, that is probably the worst prince-inspired piece of shit I have ever heard. The only worse song that I can think of is Highly Suspicious by My Morning Jacket. These lyrics could have been written by a retarded 5th grader. Also, the guitar solo at 1:15 is the most amateur and shitty thing I’ve ever heard. The fact that these guys sell out stadiums makes me lose faith in humanity. (Also, the fact that 90% of people probably think i misspelled the word “lose”)
April 5th, 2009 at 9:58 pm
Ok. first off- it’s not about how good the solo is. you don’t have to play fast to make it good. and also, clearly you dont the song very much.
awesome songs, pretty good lyrics
“Laughter is eternity if the joy is real” is really the only thing that sticks out at me.
April 16th, 2009 at 1:19 am
What? The lyrics suck! “Satan loves a bomb scare but he won’t scare you, get on your sexy boots? Bossy boots?” Sounds like something a 6th grader scribbled in their notebook in class. The song makes no sense and just sounds lame. I am a mega-huge U2 fan. I have all their albums and have seen them in concert 4 times. But, I have to admit, this is absolute crap! Heard the rest of the album too. First song, the word “horizon” does not have 5 syllables! Couldn’t you think of another word to fit there in the chorus, that you repeat over and over, Bono? The song sucks and that just annoys the shit out of me! “Magnificent” is a good song, it should of been their debut single. Then, probably the worst chorus U2 has ever written with “Unknown Caller” - “Restart and reboot yourself, You’re free to go Oh, ohhh
Shout for joy if you get the chance, Password, you, enter here, right now.” I am so disappointed. The band still rocks but Bono needs some help with his writing…
May 17th, 2009 at 7:53 pm
As a P.S. to my previous post, here are some comments about the writing of the song as reported from various sources, quoted on Wikipedia:
“In regard to the song’s supposed “throwaway” lyrics, the New York Times mentioned the song had been described by Bono as a ‘collection of images of [him] taking his family to a fun fair in southern France on the eve of the war in Iraq, with warplanes zooming overhead.’ In an interview with Catherine Owens in the magazine that accompanied some versions of No Line on the Horizon, Bono elaborated by stating that it was set in a fairground in Nice, France, and that it is a song from a man to his first love.
“The video was shot in London, with U2.com noting ‘there may have been some marching girls involved. With their boots on.’ The Edge stated that the video is about letting women take over because ‘men have f***** things up so badly, politically, economically, and socially’.”
All of this throws more light on the meaning of the song. On another level, I believe the lyrics also have spiritual significance, especially when understood in the context of war and conflict.
July 28th, 2009 at 2:27 pm
Wow, this generation of music listeners is great. I love the fact that if something isn’t clearly spelled out in very blatant and literal lyrics, this generation doesn’t get it. Look at the literal-lyric trash on the radio. And then something like “No Line on the Horizon” comes along that demands a little bit of brainwave action to decipher the meaning, and people give up. Really? The guy above has been a U2 fan for this long and is giving up now? Good, I’m glad to see you jump to another bandwagon. I hope you never buy a U2 album again. The lyrics are wasted on you.
Seriously people, before you slam this album, please PLEASE try to use your brain for a second. Bono is a very metaphorical guy; SURPRISE, THIS SONG IS NOT REALLY ABOUT BOOTS. I never thought I would have to explain that, but apparently these people here need a little help.
July 28th, 2009 at 2:54 pm
After I left my last comment (#8), I realized that I was the one who was retarded when I referred to the musical break at 1:15 as a guitar solo. If I had actually been intelligent, I would’ve known that it was actually a bass guitar riffing off of the melodic line laid down by the electric guitar earlier in the song. If I had actually played an instrument or had any sort of musical training, I would’ve known that this is actually a legitimate practice used in many styles of music ranging over the last several hundred years. I would not have errantly referred to it as a guitar solo if I actually had knowledge about music whatsoever. Please excuse my moronic ignorance.
January 23rd, 2010 at 7:09 pm
muy muy buena