Sexual references in U2 songs

[Silverbulletday]

"I've got a submarine, you've got gasoline"-Get On Your Boots

"And when I'm flat on my back, I hope to feel like I did. Cause hardness, it sets in. You need some protection, the thinner the skin"-Kite

Maybe I'm being naïve here, but I don't think the Kite one is sexual at all when you consider the context of the song.

Anyways, I'm going to have to avoid this thread - I'm all bothered now!   

[U2-obsessed and proud]

"I've got a submarine, you've got gasoline"-Get On Your Boots

"And when I'm flat on my back, I hope to feel like I did. Cause hardness, it sets in. You need some protection, the thinner the skin"-Kite

Maybe I'm being naïve here, but I don't think the Kite one is sexual at all when you consider the context of the song.

Anyways, I'm going to have to avoid this thread - I'm all bothered now!   

I don't think it's purposely sexual, but it definitely sounds sexual 

[julsport]

Wow..I think I'm naive as well.....I never saw the sexual references in most of their songs.

[eddyjedi]

Give me one more chance and you'll be satisfied

Give me once more chance let me be your lover tonight

You're honey child to a swarm of bees

Gonna blow right through you like a breeze

Take me higher

[Joe90usa]

A mole digging in a hole...

[GardenTart]

The seed is spilled, the bed defiled
For you, a virgin bride
 - Love Comes Tumbling

[trashbag]

"Give me one last dance, we'll slide down the surface of things"

[U2_fan8 [aka U28]]

"As long as you're on your knees and she's not on her back"
-Big Girls Are Best

[Droo]

There are several references to (oral) sex on Achtung Baby:

"going down on me" - UTEOTW and "you can swallow or you can spit" - Acrobat, "leave a bad taste in your mouth" - One.

Are there any other sexual references in U2 songs? Or are they all on this album?

Don't forget, "who's gonna taste your salt water kisses?" on Wild Horses.

I think that is a tears reference and not a reference to...some other liquid.

[pinman78(I love this town even if that doesn't ring true)]

Well my heart is where it's always been
My head is somewhere in between

[uplate6674]

"Here she comes" (Even Better Than the Real Thing)

[wraitii]

I think the whole of Even Better has now been quoted

Some fairly surprising in God Part II:
"I could cut and crack you open
Do you hear what I said"
"Don't believe in forced entry
Don't believe in rape
But every time she passes by
Wild thoughts escape "

"Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses". The WHOLE thing.

There are certainly many more but that's the one I can think of.

[maymay]

Or the live change in Desire

"And the fever, when I'm inside her... DESI-I-I-I-IRE"

Oh. What's the original line then?!  

Then there's that live change to I Will Follow...   

[U2DreamOutLoud ...Everything you know is wrong]

Or the live change in Desire

"And the fever, when I'm inside her... DESI-I-I-I-IRE"

Oh. What's the original line then?!  

Then there's that live change to I Will Follow...   

Which I never understand. Can someone post it?


Don't forget the obvious:
She's slippery, you're slidin' down etc.etc. - the whole Mysterious Ways

[maymay]

Or the live change in Desire

"And the fever, when I'm inside her... DESI-I-I-I-IRE"

Oh. What's the original line then?!  

Then there's that live change to I Will Follow...   

Which I never understand. Can someone post it?
Don't forget the obvious:
She's slippery, you're slidin' down etc.etc. - the whole Mysterious Ways

Heard from E's earpiece recording (can't remember which show, but not from 360) - "I will swallow"