The greatest show on earth es la octava pista y el tercer adelanto del álbum Carnaval de luz de U2 (2026). Compuesta junto a Brian Eno, es una historia de amantes que luchan por mantener la fe el uno en el otro y en la propia fe.
La canción cuenta con un videoclip oficial dirigido por Anton Corbijn estrenado el 15 de octubre de 2026. Rodado en el desierto de California, retrata de forma satírica a la banda como una secta religiosa en la que las mujeres cargan con todo el trabajo.
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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
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