I find that this song has highly depressing undertones. The subject, possibly Bernard, has lived a life full of fear and emotional pain. The following lines seem to support this assumption-
"I used to think that the day would never come
I'd see the light in the shade of the morning sun
My morning sun is the drug that brings me near
To the childhood I lost replaced by fear"
"A sudden sense of liberty"
This person has lived in a prison of his own fears and has discovered a drug that finally makes him feel free and OK for the first time in his life. It could be ecstasy, but that's not the big picture. However, these lines make me think ecstasy:
"I feel so extraordinary
Something's got a hold on me
I've got this feeling I'm in motion
A sudden sense of liberty"
Not only does taking ecstasy makes you feel euphoric, but it makes you feel like you're in motion, which is why people refer to the experience as "rolling". It gives you a feeling of emotional freedom and was used for psychotheraputic purposes before it was made illegal.
"Again and again I've taken too much
Of the thing that costs you too much"
Clearly these lines can be interpreted to mean drug use. Bernard Sumner has said in interviews that this song is about drug use, and the lyric "Now that we've grown up together
They're afraid of what they see" was originally, "Now that we've grown up together
They're all taking drugs with me". This doesn't really change the meaning of the song though, it only serves to make it more subtle. These "boys" are in that prison of fear and they're using drugs in an effort to make themselves feel OK.
@raid357 I have to say I disagree, the artist has allready stated irrefutably that it's about really nasty drugs like smack, I would say 75% of heroin addicts I know would use crack too, but that's just me digressing. Ecstasy is a fairly innocent drug especially compare to drugs in the same category as heroin. So yeah sorry I totally disagree.
@raid357 I have to say I disagree, the artist has allready stated irrefutably that it's about really nasty drugs like smack, I would say 75% of heroin addicts I know would use crack too, but that's just me digressing. Ecstasy is a fairly innocent drug especially compare to drugs in the same category as heroin. So yeah sorry I totally disagree.
I find that this song has highly depressing undertones. The subject, possibly Bernard, has lived a life full of fear and emotional pain. The following lines seem to support this assumption-
"I used to think that the day would never come I'd see the light in the shade of the morning sun My morning sun is the drug that brings me near To the childhood I lost replaced by fear"
"A sudden sense of liberty"
This person has lived in a prison of his own fears and has discovered a drug that finally makes him feel free and OK for the first time in his life. It could be ecstasy, but that's not the big picture. However, these lines make me think ecstasy:
"I feel so extraordinary Something's got a hold on me I've got this feeling I'm in motion A sudden sense of liberty"
Not only does taking ecstasy makes you feel euphoric, but it makes you feel like you're in motion, which is why people refer to the experience as "rolling". It gives you a feeling of emotional freedom and was used for psychotheraputic purposes before it was made illegal.
"Again and again I've taken too much Of the thing that costs you too much"
Clearly these lines can be interpreted to mean drug use. Bernard Sumner has said in interviews that this song is about drug use, and the lyric "Now that we've grown up together They're afraid of what they see" was originally, "Now that we've grown up together They're all taking drugs with me". This doesn't really change the meaning of the song though, it only serves to make it more subtle. These "boys" are in that prison of fear and they're using drugs in an effort to make themselves feel OK.
@raid357 I have to say I disagree, the artist has allready stated irrefutably that it's about really nasty drugs like smack, I would say 75% of heroin addicts I know would use crack too, but that's just me digressing. Ecstasy is a fairly innocent drug especially compare to drugs in the same category as heroin. So yeah sorry I totally disagree.
@raid357 I have to say I disagree, the artist has allready stated irrefutably that it's about really nasty drugs like smack, I would say 75% of heroin addicts I know would use crack too, but that's just me digressing. Ecstasy is a fairly innocent drug especially compare to drugs in the same category as heroin. So yeah sorry I totally disagree.