Stories For Boys Lyrics

Lyric discussion by CharlesEssie 

Cover art for Stories For Boys lyrics by U2

My mind automatically goes to dark places when I hear a song that sounds sad to me, so my initial interpretation was that it was about a little boy who lives in an abusive environment and reads picture books at night about heroes with the hope that one day a hero will save him.

But even at that young age, he knows they're just stories for boys.

Negative
Subjective
Sadness
Abuse
Hope
Childhood
Escape
Imagination