| "Cedars of Lebanon" | |
|---|---|
| Song by U2 | |
| from the album No Line on the Horizon | |
| Released | 27 February 2009 |
| Genre | Soft rock |
| Length | 4:13 |
| Label | Island |
| Composer(s) | U2, Brian Eno, and Daniel Lanois |
| Lyricist(s) | Bono |
| Producer(s) | Lanois, Eno |
"Cedars of Lebanon" is a song by Irish rock band U2, featured as the eleventh and final track on their 2009 album, No Line on the Horizon. The song is sung from the perspective of a war correspondent who is "squeezing complicated lives into a simple headline"[1] and who "observes "this shitty world" where the aroma of a rose "lingers and then it just goes".[2] Additionally, the song samples "Against the Sky," a collaboration between producer Brian Eno and Harold Budd, originally featured on the 1984 album The Pearl.