City of Blinding Lights Lyrics

Lyric discussion by Lyra 

Cover art for City of Blinding Lights lyrics by U2

I found the following quote somewhere, can't remember where though. Bono: "It's a New York song. About going there for the first time. We were the first band to play Madison Square Gardens after 9/11. During 'Where the Streets Have No Name' the house lights came up and there were 20,000 people in tears. It was beautiful."