u2乐队U2是一支成立于1976年的爱尔兰都柏林摇滚乐队，自80年代窜起走红之后，一直到进入21世纪的今天，仍然非常活跃于全球流行音乐乐坛。音乐 风格上，除了传统的另类摇滚之外，在90年代中、后期U2也曾一度尝试过将摇滚与电子舞曲融合的流行摇滚。在歌曲主题上U2的创作内容也非常广泛，尤其是 对于政治性的话题并不避讳，例如对社会公平公正的追求以及对人权问题的探讨。迄今为止U2乐队的专辑销量在世界范围内已高达1亿7千万张，滚石杂志把U2 列入全世界最伟大的100位艺人之一，由于其极高的知名度与良好的形象，今日的U2已经成为爱尔兰重要的象征之一。
The heart is a bloom
shoots up through the stony ground
there's no room
no space to rent in this town
you're out of luck
and the reason that you had to care
the traffic is stuck
and you're not moving anywhere
you thought you'd found a friend
to take you out of this place
someone you could lend a hand
in return for grace
it's a beautiful day
sky falls, you feel like
it's a beautiful day
don't let it get away
you're on the road
but you've got no destination
you're in the mud
in the maze of her imagination
you love this town
even if that doesn't ring true
you've been all over
and it's been all over you
it's a beautiful day
don't let it get away
it's a beautiful day
touch me
take me to that other place
teach me
i know i'm not a hopeless case
see the world in green and blue
see china right in front of you
see the canyons broken by cloud
see the tuna fleets clearing the sea out
see the bedouin fires at night
see the oil fields at first light
and see the bird with a leaf in her mouth
after the flood all the colors came out
it was a beautiful day
don't let it get away
beautiful day
touch me
take me to that other place
reach me
i know i'm not a hopeless case
what you don't have you don't need it now
what you don't know you can feel it somehow
what you don't have you don't need it now
don't need it now
was a beautiful day