Groupe : U2
Titre :  The Miracle (Of Joey Ramone)
Album : Songs of Innocence
Année : 2014

Avec ce premier single de leur treizième album, les irlandais de U2 rendent hommage à Joey Ramone, le leader des Ramones. Groupe punk des années 70, les Ramones ont influencés un grand nombre d'artistes dont les Clash, Green Day et biensûr U2.

The Miracle of Joey Ramone revient sur la jeunesse de Bono et de ses premiers émois en découvrant Joey et son groupe changeant le cours de l'Histoire du Rock.

Lyrics :

I was chasing down the days of fear
Chasing down a dream before it disappeared
I was aching to be somewhere near
Your voice was all I heard

I was shaking from a storm in me
Haunted by the spectres that we had to see
Yeah, I wanted to be the melody
Above the noise, above the hurt

I was young, not dumb
Just wishing to be blinded
By you, brand new
And we were pilgrims on our way

I woke up at the moment when the miracle occurred
Heard a song that made some sense out of the world
Everything I ever lost now has been returned
In the most beautiful sound I'd ever heard

We got language so we can't communicate
Religion so I can love and hate
Music so I can exaggerate my pain
And give it a name

I was young, not dumb
Just wishing to be blinded
By you, brand new
And we were pilgrims on our way

I woke up at the moment when the miracle occurred
Heard a song that made some sense out of the world
Everything I ever lost now has been returned
In the most beautiful sound I'd ever heard

We can hear you, hear you
We can year you
We can hear you, hear you

I woke up at the moment when the miracle occurred
I get so many things I don't deserve
All the stolen voices will someday be returned
The most beautiful sound I'd ever heard

Your voices will be heard...

JOEY RAMONE
1951- 2001