True Faith

@fieroavian
I think this is true and the song is about Heroin or drugs. If we replace "morning sun" with "Heroin", it simply makes sense:
I feel so extraordinary
Something's got a hold on me
I get this feeling I'm in motion
A sudden sense of liberty
I don't care 'cause I'm not there
And I don't care if I'm here tomorrow
Again and again I've taken too much
Of the things that cost you too much
I used to think that the day would never come
I'd see delight in the shade of Heroin
My Heroin is the drug that brings me near
To the childhood I lost, replaced by fear
I used to think that the day would never come
That my life would depend on Heroin
When I was a very small boy
Very small boys talked to me
Now that we've grown up together
Now they're taking drugs with me
That's the price that we all pay
And the value of destiny comes to nothing
I can't tell you where we're going
I guess there was just no way of knowing
I used to think that the day would never come
I'd see delight in the shade of Heroin
My Heroin is the drug that brings me near
To the childhood I lost, replaced by fear
I used to think that the day would never come
That my life would depend on Heroin
I feel so extraordinary
Something's got a hold on me
I get this feeling I'm in motion
A sudden sense of liberty
The chances are we've gone too far
You took my time and you took my money
Now I fear you've left me standing
In a world that's so demanding
I used to think that the day would never come
I'd see delight in the shade of Heroin
My Heroin is the drug that brings me near
To the childhood I lost, replaced by fear
I used to think that the day would never come
That my life would depend on Heroin
I used to think that the day would never come
I'd see delight in the shade of Heroin
My Heroin is the drug that brings me near
To the childhood I lost, replaced by fear
I used to think that the day would never come
That my life would depend on Heroin

@fieroavian (I appreciate that you are quoting Bernard but).... Isn't it "When I was a very SMALL boy, very SMALL boy's TALKED to me"

Sorry for correcting the person who wrote the lyrics via @fieroavian but it is as above.

@fieroavian he may have written it with this idea, but by changing the line to make it a big hit (abstraction), Bernie opened it up to another range of interpretations which is what the art of songwriting and poetry is and why this site exists. There’s not one interpretation because once it’s written, the song takes on a life of its own independent of the original songwriter and recording artist: that said; I hear this song covered by a film artist where the title true faith was sung — bravely became the meaning of the song for me. True Faith in what people might understand as the transcendence of empathy / sympathy on the Christmas Spirit - a faith in the greater good of humanity.. that’s what I was raised with as the child of evangelical minister parents and that simultaneously on some level I understood as utterly blasphemed against by all the fear and anguish that religion instilled us “soldiers” in the Salvation Army as hell bound sinners unless we sold out our souls to that lesser Empire inherited from the brutally murderous sociopath Henry the 8th & all the so-called Christian colonialist crusaders like the Spanish Inquisition prior. That’s how I lost my childhood replaced by fear — of the hellfire and brimstone that keeps any and all and each of us from effectively solving the very real fires set to consume us from the self-fulfilling prophecy of climate denialism for temporary pleasures and gains… one day at a time — the morning sun - just keep it all in perspective - survive to thrive another day or lifetime — because mutually assured destruction was the path the powers that be put us on and there’s the paradox of the Cold War creating global warming, but there you have it — try to preserve true faith in the greater good of humanity in the face of all the above inherited early childhood sermons and imprints !

@fieroavian Funny how someone that admitted this was a song about drug addiction written by someone that's never been addicted to drugs really resonates with child abuse survivors. I thought that's what it was about having survived child abuse until I read otherwise. Rozz Williams wrote better music about being an addict, being one and all.

i think u got it, i have some eperience with drugs, so the lyric is exactly what i think and cant say it better:)just love it..

You are right, actually the lines

> Now that we've grown up together
> They're afraid of what they see
were originally:

> Now that we've grown up together
> They're taking drugs with me

the manager made them change it afraid it wouldn't pass on radio, but they still sing these lines on live shows, never the 'Afraid of what they see' line ;)

Yes! It's anti-drug.

@ckdamascus - I think you got it backwards, (or Bernard Sumner does haha). This guy is recovered, be doesn't need drugs. A simple thing like the morning sun is his drug. I've been on both sides of dependency. This is how recovering people think; they're happy to be sober a day at a time.

@not_blonde mate you took my time and you took my money to me is obviously talking about the heroin itself, as a ex heroin and crack junky I Can inform you addicts spend spend massive amounts on these nasty drugs, simply because they are sp addictive. I personally would spend every penny I had chasing the buzz, and from what I've learned from the rooms of "recovery" all addicts are exclusively the same
Frequently not having anything left for even electric or food. A truly miserable way of life, that I think the song conveys quote well.

@raid357 I have to say I disagree, the artist has allready stated irrefutably that it's about really nasty drugs like smack, I would say 75% of heroin addicts I know would use crack too, but that's just me digressing. Ecstasy is a fairly innocent drug especially compare to drugs in the same category as heroin. So yeah sorry I totally disagree.

@Tobycek I think you're looking too closely into things, finding meanings that are infact simply not present.

Well spotted! And while I do not think that was the intended use, I am pretty sure you can not look too closely at an art form which uses word in creative ways to say things the words themselves do not say.

@Illnero what are you on mate, it's about heroin mate. Religion, what you smoking? Read the interview with the guy who wrote the song.

@activex101 I personally took it to mean that the addict longed for a time as simple as delighting in the morning sun.