"Let Your Love be Known" (2020)
Demo Song
Background Information
On St. Patrick’s Day 2020, as the world was in the midst of worries about the Corona virus, Bono posted a video to Instagram singing a new song. He introduces the song by saying, “Little postcards from bubblin’ Dublin on St Patrick’s Day, a little tune, made up here about an hour ago. I think it’s called ‘Let Your Love Be Known.’” The text posted with the video says “For the Italians who inspired it… for the Irish…for ANYONE who this St. Patrick’s day is in a tight spot and still singing. For the doctors, nurses, carers on the front line, it’s you we’re singing to. Bono”
The song is a new title, not one we’ve heard before, and Bono’s claim is that it is indeed something new he has come up with on that day.
The lyrics he sings are follows:
Let Your Love be Known
(Lyrics by Bono)Yes there was silence
Yes there was no people here
Yes I walk through the streets of Dublin
and no one was near.Yes I don’t know you
No I didn’t think I didn’t care
You live so very far away from
Just across the square.And I can’t reach
But I can ring
You can’t touch.
But you can, you can sing.
Across rooftopsSing down the phone
Sing and promise me you won’t stop
Sing your love be known
Oh let your love be known.Yes there is isolation
You and me we’re still here
Yes when we open our eyes
We will stare down the fear.And maybe i said the wrong thing
Yes I made you smile
I guess the longest distance
is always the last mile.I can’t reach
But I can ring
You can’t touch
but you can, you can sing
Across rooftops.Sing to me down the phone
Sing and promise me you won’t stop
Sing and you’re never alone
Sing as an act of resistance.Sing though your heart is overthrown
Sing, when you sing there is no distance
So let your love be known
Oh let your love be known.Though your heart is overhtrown
Let your love be known.