Ordinary Love

U2's first new song in three years can be heard here, below. The iconic Irish rock-smiths wrote "Ordinary Love" for the Nelson Mandela biopic, Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom and are also packaging the shimmering power-ballad with a new version of 2009's "Breathe" for Record Store Day's Back to Black Friday event on November 29. The latter hails from the band's last album, No Line on the Horizon — U2's first full-length in five years will arrive in April 2014. Danger Mouse is reportedly on board for the next set, though it's unclear whether or not he produces "Ordinary Love." However, with its lightly reverbed atmosphere, resonant keys, and crisp, central vocals, the song certainly could have been overseen by the same man behind the fresh Broken Bells material. On the new U2 song, we hear Bono wax poetic about nature as he seeks to answer the crux question: "Are we tough enough for ordinary love?"

[Verse 1] The sea wants to kiss the golden shore The sunlight warms your skin All the beauty that's been lost before Wants to find us again I can't fight you anymore It's you I'm fighting for The sea throws rocks together But time leaves us polished stones [Chorus] We can't fall any further If we can't feel ordinary love And we cannot reach any higher If we can't deal with ordinary love [Verse 2] Birds fly high in the summer sky And rest on the breeze The same wind will take care of you and I We'll build our house in the trees Your heart is on my sleeve Did you put there with a magic marker For years I would believe That the world couldn't wash it away [Chorus] 'Cause we can't fall any further If we can't feel ordinary love And we cannot reach any higher If we can't deal with ordinary love [Bridge] Are we tough enough For ordinary love [Chorus] We can't fall any further If we can't feel ordinary love And we cannot reach any higher If we can't deal with ordinary love We can't fall any further If we can't feel ordinary love And we cannot reach any higher If we can't deal with ordinary love