Could be simply about becoming a man, ending ‘boyhood’ – “in the shadow, boy meets man”.
A darker reading would suggest child sexual abuse or some other traumatic event in childhood.
[Verse 1]
I look into his eyes
They're closed but I see something
A teacher told me why
I laugh when old men cry
[Verse 2]
My body grows and grows
It frightens me, you know
The old man tried to walk me home
I thought he should have known
[Chorus]
Twilight
Twilight, lost my way
Twilight, can't find my way
[Post-Chorus]
In the shadow, boy meets man
In the shadow, boy meets man
In the shadow, boy meets man
In the shadow, boy meets man
[Verse 3]
I'm running in the rain
I'm caught in a late night play
It's all, it's everything
I'm soaking through the skin
[Chorus]
Twilight, darkened day
Twilight, lost my way
Twilight, night and day
Twilight, can't find my way
Can't find your way
Can't find my way
Can't find your way
[Guitar Solo]
[Chorus]
Twilight, darkened day
Twilight, lost my way
Twilight, night and day
Twilight, can't find my way
[Post-Chorus]
In the shadow, boy meets man
In the shadow, boy meets man
In the shadow, boy meets man
In the shadow, boy meets man
Twilight was written by Bono & The Edge (Guitarist) & Adam Clayton & Larry Mullen Jr..
Twilight was produced by Steve Lillywhite.