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Cedars of Lebanon (song)

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1656: 158:. The song is sung from the perspective of a war correspondent who is "squeezing complicated lives into a simple headline" and who "observes "this shitty world" where the aroma of a rose "lingers and then it just goes". Additionally, the song samples "Against the Sky," a collaboration between producer 200:
reviewer Ben Patashnik described "Cedars of Lebanon" as "similarly downbeat but no-less-enthralling", and said that the song "is buoyed by Larry Mullen Jr's martial drumming and a twinkling guitar". The
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called the song a "masterful closer", and said that the "backing vocals, ambient noises and restraint seal a deal alongside the atmosphere of philosophical weariness."
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characterized the song as "a somber meditation on war, separation, and enmity". Comparing the song with "
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Additional engineering – Declan Gaffney, Richard Rainey
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Index

Song
U2
No Line on the Horizon
Genre
Soft rock
Label
Island
Composer(s)
Brian Eno
Daniel Lanois
Lyricist(s)
Bono
Producer(s)
U2
No Line on the Horizon
Brian Eno
Harold Budd
The Pearl
Jon Pareles
The New York Times
Moment of Surrender
NME
Sydney Morning Herald
Bono
The Edge
Adam Clayton
Larry Mullen Jr.
Daniel Lanois
Engineering
Mixing

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