A Sort Of Homecoming - Remastered 2009

The title comes from Jewish poet Paul Celan, who wrote: "Poetry is a sort of homecoming." Celan drowned himself in the Seine river in 1970.

This is the first track on The Unforgettable Fire, the first U2 album produced by Brian Eno. It had a different sound than previous U2 albums, as Eno buried the guitar in the mix.

Brian Eno slowed down the drum track on this song later in the Unforgettable Fire sessions and told Bono to improvise lyrics over it. The result was included on the album as "Elvis Presley And America." Many people have speculated, but no one knows for sure what Bono is saying.