This song is definitley about heroin use, and I agree with eirenightshade when they said that it was also about this woman's environment, but I believe the lines "Then I floated out of here" means that the drugs have sunk in and he's become the person the heroin makes him.
I think this song's about a woman trying to escape from her life: the place, the people, the habits ie; heroin use, but she fails.
This song is about a woman and someone else, a partner say, because the lyrics are in the third person and the third person. So I think it's about pressure, this woman tries to escape but hasn't got any support and goes back to the life she hates but relies on.
Sorry this comment is so long... I love U2!!!!!! This is an amazing song.
This song is definitley about heroin use, and I agree with eirenightshade when they said that it was also about this woman's environment, but I believe the lines "Then I floated out of here" means that the drugs have sunk in and he's become the person the heroin makes him. I think this song's about a woman trying to escape from her life: the place, the people, the habits ie; heroin use, but she fails. This song is about a woman and someone else, a partner say, because the lyrics are in the third person and the third person. So I think it's about pressure, this woman tries to escape but hasn't got any support and goes back to the life she hates but relies on. Sorry this comment is so long... I love U2!!!!!! This is an amazing song.