Song for Someone Lyrics

Lyric discussion by samanthata 

Cover art for Song for Someone lyrics by U2

To me... this song is about drug addiction.

@samanthata please explain. I'd like to know what you mean because no one has written much of an explanation for it

@samanthata I think a lot of songs about love can also be about drugs or addiction in general. They are very related in what they do to us. He could be talking to someone who is not in addiction and describing what is't like for him, or even talking to the drug itself.

@samanthata, I am totally w/you in feeling that this song is about drug addiction....to me, you are SO SPOT ON!!

@jonjonwinny, IMO, the line you're asking about: "I was told I'd feel nothing the first time" is, actually: Referring to a statement that A LOT of addicts hear/make, sort of in response to the popular myth that just a one-time (the absolute first) use of any of the hardcore-illicit drugs immediately gets all of your love and adoration and turns you into a full-blown addict/junkie...so, you hear alot of addicts (past and/or present!) saying that the truth of the...

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