Escrita por Bono Vox, The Edge, Adam Clayton e Larry Muellen Jr., foi gravada entre julho e setembro de 1980, no Windmill Lane Studio, em Dublin, Irlanda e lançada no disco Boy, o primeiro da banda, em 20 de outubro de 1980. Foi produzida por Steve Lillywhite. O título foi emprestado de um capítulo do livro distópico de William Golding chamado Lord of the flies. Bono cantou e tocou glockenspiel. The Edge tocou guitarra e glockenspiel. Adam Clayton tocou baixo. Larry Mullen Jr. Tocou bateria.
A letra:
Back to the cold
restless streets at night
I talk to myself about tomorrow
night
Walls of white protest
A gravestone in name
Who is it
now?
It's always the same
Who is it now? Who calls me
inside?
Are the leaves on the trees
Just living disguise
I
walk sweet rain tragic comedy
I'll walk home again
To the
street melody
But I know, oh no
But I know, oh
no
But I know
Shadows and tall trees
Shadows and
tall trees
Shadows and tall trees
Shadows and tall trees
Life through a window
Discolored
pain
Mrs. Brown's washing is always the same
I walk street rain
tragic comedy
I'll walk home again
To the street melody
But I know, oh no
But I know, oh
no
But I know
Out there
Do you feel in me?
Anything
redeeming
Any worthwhile feeling
Is love like a
tightrope
Hanging from the ceiling
But I know, oh no
But I know, oh
no
But I know
Shadows and tall trees
Shadows and
tall trees
Shadows and tall trees
Shadows and tall trees
Shadows, shadows, shadows
Shadows,
shadows, shadows
Shadows and tall trees
Shadows and tall trees
Shadows, shadows, shadows
Shadows,
shadows, shadows
Shadows and tall trees
Shadows and tall trees
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