Originally Posted by
Jacques
Guess Lights of Home is U2, and not that much OneRepublic:
From the CD booklet;
ALL TRACKS WRITTEN BY U2 EXCEPT “LIGHTS OF HOME”, “LIGHTS OF HOME (ST PETER’S STRING VERSION)” WRITTEN BY U2, ALANA HAIM, DANIELLE HAIM, ESTE HAIM AND ARIEL RECHTSHAID.
also;
MUSIC BY U2, ALANA HAIM, DANIELLE HAIM, ESTE HAIM AND ARIEL RECHTSHAID
LYRICS BY BONO
PRODUCED BY JACKNIFE LEE WITH RYAN TEDDER AND BRENT KUTZLE
ADDITIONAL PRODUCTION BY JOLYON THOMAS
ENGINEERED BY MATT BISHOP AND TYLER SPRY
ADDITIONAL ENGINEERING BY DREW BANG
At least that's how I read the booklet. It's never 'proof' of what went on behind the scene's. That the riff doesn't sound like edge doesn't say anything; he changed sound and riffs more often. There's more not-typical-edge-sounds on older albums aswell, you are just used to them now.