"Ordinary Love" is a song by rock band U2. It was written to honour Nelson Mandela and is included in the biography film Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom. The song was given a limited 10-inch vinyl release on Record Store Day, 29 November 2013, less than a week before Mandela died. This song peaked at # 1 on the Top Digital Download chart in Italy, where it was certified platinum by the Federation of the Italian Music Industry. U2 won the 2014 Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song, and in January 2014 the song was nominated for the Academy Awards for Best Original Song, but it lost to "Let It Go" from Frozen.
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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
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
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 it there with a magic marker?
For years I would believe
That the world couldn’t wash it away
‘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
Are we tough enough
For 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
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