U2 - The Greatest Show On Earth Oct 16, 2026

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Official Video for U2’s brand new single “The Greatest Show On Earth” off of their forthcoming 16th studio album “Carnaval De Luz”, out November 13th. Pre-order: https://u2.lnk.to/CarnavalDeLuz

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Lyrics:

If I couldn’t sing
How love’s the hardest easy thing
And if I couldn’t sing you my life
Hiding here in the spotlight
And if you couldn’t hear me
If I couldn’t feel
If I couldn’t feel your touch again
When nerve ends fray
And there’s nothing to say
Not even a prayer
It’s a beautiful night somewhere

Ohhh ohhh
If I couldn’t say it now
Tell me how
If this is love and love is all we’ve got
You can show me what it is
I can show you what it’s not
If this is love don’t act surprised when you get hurt
Even if our dreams lay in the dirt
We were once the greatest show on earth

Is that a smile or a tear?
Is it all show business here?
The cinema that is stained glass
You’re at the altar at our wedding mass
Is this a church of love or fear?
Have we made God feel like a stranger here?

Ohhh ohhh
Say it now
Tell me how
If this is love and love is all we’ve got
You can show me what it is
I can show you what it’s not
If this is love, we make cathedrals of our hurt
People digging their dreams out of the dirt
We were once the greatest show on earth

Love is a business that works at night
I sold myself for less than was right
You taught me what I was worth
In the greatest show on earth
Made a profession out of breaking your heart
You call it lies, I call it art
I was some of your best work
We were once the greatest show on earth
Love is a business you shouldn’t trust
Breathe on me and I’m love and I’m lust
Forever or a flirt?
The greatest show on earth
The light scatters things can get worse
These dark matters of the universe
Could not compete with us
We were once the greatest show on earth

Credits:

Merman
Director - Anton Corbijn
Managing Partner /Executive Producer- Spencer Dodd & Siobhan Murphy
Producer - Megan Gutman
Production Supervisor - Samantha Clements
Production Coordinator - Daniel Brink
1st AD - Sean Tippins
Cinematographer - Phedon Papamichael
Production Designer - Pele Kudren
Makeup Artist (Non Hero Talent) - Joanna Klein
Location Scout - Josh Hughes

Square Peg Edit
Editor - James Rose
Edit Producer - Toby Abbott

Company Three
Colourist - Yoomin Lee
Post Producer - Ellora Sorret

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