Song for Someone Lyrics

Lyric discussion by jonjonwinny 

Cover art for Song for Someone lyrics by U2

what do they mean by 'I was told I'd feel nothing the first time'?

@jonjonwinny I've always thought this was about sex, actually. Women are told it will hurt, men are told it goes too quickly the first time to be good. Both things are true and false.

@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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