I have compiled some info from these sites
http://www.songfacts.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Stone_Roses
http://www.thisisthedaybreak.co.uk/

I’m not sure how much of all of this is fact...but it is interesting to read interpretation’s of songs or if they actually have a quote directly from Ian, John, Reni or Mani.

ENJOY!

THIS IS THE ONE
This is about a “girl consumed by fire,” and her struggle to escape. Like many of their songs this has a number of Biblical references. The song’s title refers to John the Baptist’s proclaiming Jesus to be the promised Messiah: “Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world ! This is the one I meant when I said, ‘A man who comes after me has surpassed me because he was before me’” (John 1: 29 - 30). Also, the first few lines about “A girl consumed by fire” refers to a description of The king of Tyre being consumed by fire in Ezekiel 28: 17 and 18. Some commentators believe this is also a description of Satan’s expulsion from Heaven after he became too proud.

BYE BYE BADMAN:
This song was written by John Squire and Ian Brown about the French student riots of 1968. Ian Brown explained the song: “Imagine a protester singing [it] in a policeman’s face during the Paris riots. Then you’ll get some idea what it’s about.”
John Squire quoted in Q magazine’s 2001 “The 100 Best Covers Of All Time” issue: “lan had met this French man when he was hitching around Europe. This bloke had been in the riots, and he told Ian how lemons had been used as an antidote to tear gas. Then there was the documentary - a great shot at the start of a guy throwing stones at the police. I really liked his attitude.”

The documentary he refers to was shown in Spring 1988 on UK’s Channel 4. It was part of a series of programs marking the 20th anniversary of the Paris student riots and subsequent strikes that all but paralyzed France in 1968. John Squire and Ian Brown were particularly inspired by one of the documentaries, entitled “Revolution Revisited” and were inspired to write Bye Bye Badman.

-One interpretation of the title is that “Bye Bye Badman” describes the rioters’ feeling towards President Charles de Gaulle.
-The lyric “Choke me, smoke the air, in this citrus-sucking sunshine I don’t care” refers to the students who carried lemons. This was because they believed that sucking on them would be an antidote of sorts to the effects of tear gas
-The Stone Roses album is structured along the life of Christ. It starts with “I Wanna Be Adored,” referring to Jesus’ birth and the Adoration of the Magi, and the final track is “I Am The Resurrection,” which refers to the resurrection of Christ. Though this song is principally about the 1968 Paris student riots, it also references the crucifixion of Jesus, in which they depict the suffering he endured on the cross. They depict Jesus as a revolutionary, who like the Parisian students denounced the authorities of His time. Jesus dying for the sins of mankind is central to the Christian faith so this song about his crucifixion is in the middle of the album.

I WANNA BE ADORED:
Stone Roses’ lead singer Ian Brown has claimed that the song is about sin, how individuals want to be idolized, and how we would do anything to attain that goal.

MADE OF STONE:
The main inspiration for this song was the artist Jackson Pollock’s death in 1956 when he crashed into a tree while driving drunk. Pollock’s classic “Splash Art” painting style was a big influence on the band’s trademark visual style; they wore Jackson Pollock shirts along with their baggy clothes.
In 1989, when asked what this song was about, John Squire replied, “Making a wish and watching it happen, like scoring the winning goal in a cup final on a Harley electroglide dressed as Spiderman.” Squire was probably taking more about the feel of the song rather than its actual lyrical content.

ONE LOVE:
Like many of The Stone Roses songs, this contains biblical references. For instance, the line “You feel my flow and you flood my brain” has its origin in John’s Gospel, where Jesus proclaimed in John 7 v37-38, “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to me and drink. Whoever believes in me, as the Scripture has said, streams of living water will flow from within him.” Christ was referring to the Holy Spirit who would unite his disciples after his ascension with one love and power and bring eternal life.
In an interview with the February 1998 Uncut magazine, Ian Brown was asked if he agreed that “One Love” was a mistake. Said Brown: “I agree. The chorus wasn’t strong enough. We tried for an anthem. We wanted to cover all bases and ended up covering none.”

SHE BANGS THE DRUMS:
-This song is about the euphoria of falling in love.
John: “She Bangs The Drums is about those brief moments when everything comes together. Like staying up till dawn and watching the sun rise with somebody you love. And then regretting it bitterly”.

ONE LOVE:
The song has a decidedly mixed reputation among Roses fans, with some denouncing it for borrowing too much from the success of Fools Gold. Nevertheless, the song contains vivid biblical references prevalent throughout their catalogue.
Ian Brown on “One Love”: “The chorus wasn’t strong enough. We tried for an anthem. We wanted to cover all bases and ended up covering none."[1]

(CONT’D)
ELEPHANT STONE:
“It’s about a girl… who I don’t see anymore”. (John Squire)

I AM THE RESURRECTION:
Ian: “I saw a poster with the words that had been written with fluorescent paint, that was put on the door of a church and it impressed me. So this lyric is about anti-Christianity. If people have a normal brain, they should find out how false this statement is. But sometimes people need mental support even though they understand the real meaning. Very sad or ironic, the church is making money...the Roman Catholic Church is the richest religious organisation in the world, everyone must know that”.
John: “That’s (’I Am The Resurrection’ a murderous attack on one individual, I don’t want to tell you who it is. It’s someone both Ian and I know”.

WHERE ANGELS PLAY:
“Well, I read The Bible, me,” he squints inscrutably. “I read The Koran as well.* I’m a believer. They’re powerful. I’ve been to the Coliseum and I went to the place where the Roman emperors sat and you get a feeling off that. And I went to the Sistine Chapel and I got a feeling off that. And the steps that the Catholics stole. The Holy Steps. They took them during The Crusades. I’m interested in all that and when you write lyrics it’s going to permeate through.”
(Ian Brown speaking to Q Magazine, March 1995)
In the above piece, Ian Brown explains why Religion features so strongly in his lyrics. He is not accurate in the assertion highlighted above in bold. The Christians did not steal the steps of the Praetorium during the Crusades; they were taken - legally - by the Emperor Constantine’s mother, Helena, almost a thousand years earlier, around 326 AD, and re-erected in Rome in the papal palace. The holy steps consist of twenty-eight white marble steps, at Rome, near Saint John in Lateran; these are believed to be the steps leading once to the praetorium of Pilate at Jerusalem, hence sanctified by the footsteps of Our Lord during His Passion.

SALLY CINNAMON:
The song itself seems to be an ode to ‘Sally’ and describes her with the use of cliches, such as ‘Sugar and Spice’. However, their are contrasting ideas as to the final verse. One belief is that the song is about a girl that Ian is infactuacted with and a) can’t have her as she is in a relationship with another female or b) that ‘her’ is a female relative, possibly daugter, sister or mother. It is most commonly percieved, however, that the song was written by Ian after reading a letter directed to ‘Sally’.
-Ian: “‘Sally’ was a sort of semi-conscious effort to shake off ‘So Young’, which unfortunately sounds quite Goth-y and was big in the Ritz. People actually thought we were Goths and were pissed off that we had short hair”.
The band’s dislike of Conservative and Thatcherite policy had long been evident in interviews. Below is a photo from the Sally Cinnamon 2005 reissue showing The Stone Roses tearing apart a 1987 Conservative General Election poster. The poster reads “Is this Labour’s idea of a comprehensive education ?” The three red books have the following covers: “Young gay and proud”; “Police: Out of School !”; “The playbook for kids about sex”. “Take the politics out of education. Vote Conservative."** Among the other acts to protest against Clause 28 was Boy George, who released a single in 1988 entitled ‘No Clause 28’. Artwork accompanying the release was created by artist Jamie Reid (see Bye Bye Badman and Waterfall).
We only find out in the final verse that ‘Ian’ has taken and read a letter from Sally’s pocket on a train, since he now leaves back that letter. The last line ("You’re her world") changes the context of the song, with Ian finding out that Sally is a lesbian. Prior to this, Sally is Ian’s ‘world’ ("you are my world"). There is no resistance from Ian in coming to terms with this revelation, which takes place between the penultimate chorus and the final verse. When asked about the meaning of the song, Ian replied:
“Who’s Sally Cinnamon ? A fictitious lesbian. The song’s about picking someone’s pocket on a train and finding a love letter from one girl to another.” (music365.com - 16 / 02 / 00).
The Biblical connotations of the song should not be ignored however. We learn that Sally Cinnamon was sent - first to Ian and subsequently to Sally’s girlfriend – “from Heaven”. Is Sally Cinnamon the Holy Spirit ? From ‘Praise to God for a Living Hope’ (in the opening verse and chorus, the author is stating his praise for Sally, the Holy Spirit):
Concerning this salvation, the prophets, who spoke of the grace that was to come to you, searched intently and with the greatest care, trying to find out the time and circumstances to which the Spirit of Christ in them was pointing when he predicted the sufferings of Christ and the glories that would follow. It was revealed to them that they were not serving themselves but you, when they spoke of the things that have now been told you by those who have preached the gospel to you by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven. Even angels long to look into these things.
(1 Peter 1: 10 - 12)
Just as it was revealed to ‘Ian’ that Sally was not serving himself but instead another, it was also revealed to the prophets that the writings that came through them from Christ were not to serve themselves, but others. Thus, the ‘letter’ Ian is reading is the first letter of Peter (dictating to Silvanus - otherwise known as Silas - as his secretary).