In "Can’t Stop Us Now," U2 turns a shared drink and a bow of mutual respect into a small, stubborn revolution. The longing for even one companion to show up meets a defiant answer in the chorus, where collective strength outweighs any single will. Havana’s cafés and a tangled tree suggest that closeness sharpens purpose, while the image of a rainbow refusing gold frames wonder itself as resistance. The song insists that togetherness, not perfection, is what cannot be stopped.
Can’t Stop Us Now Lyrics by U2
Smell the coffee, taste the rum
And to each other learn to bow
Open your lips, swallow the sun
Throw a revolution now
Oh, would anybody come?
Well, maybe if it was just for one
I see the tree in a tangle of vines
Let’s keep each other close
Let’s sharpen each other’s lines
Hotel Ambos Mundos
“My daiquiri at the Floridita
My mojito at the Bodeguita”
Can’t stop us now
Nothing can stop us now
Can’t stop us now
Nothing can stop us
Nothing can stop us now
I see a summer down the road
Of songs and a silver sea
Where the rainbow refuses the gold
And that’s revolutionary
Where the problems can’t be solved
Are left a mystery
Why the leaf won’t leave the branch
‘Til the branch becomes the tree
Can’t stop us now
Nothing can stop us now
Can’t stop us now
Nothing can stop us
Nothing can stop us now
Ooh
Oh
Oh
Can’t stop us now (All of us are better than any of us, all of us)
Can’t stop us now (All of us are better than any of us, all of us)
Can’t stop us now (All of us are better than any of us, all of us)
Can’t stop us now
Nothing can stop us
Nothing can stop us now
All of us are better than any of us, all of us
All of us are better than any of us, all of us
All of us are better than any of us, all of us
