The Truth About You

Rock star Bono gave me my Judgment Day. This would have been sometime in 1992 or 1993 - the date is not memorable because it took me years to understand that it had been my Judgment Day. A U2 disc was playing, and I heard Bono sing:

"Oh, but I know ... the truth ... about YOU!"

When I heard that I burst into tears of joy, stammering over and over again "You do? You do? Oh thank God! Thank God, thank God! You know the truth about me!"

It was awhile before I realized that, in the context of the song, he had likely meant "I know the truth about you" in some type of negative way, but by then it was of course too late - I'd heard what I heard.

Years later I perceived that Judgment Day is the moment you realize that the truth about you is known.