This song is timeless, and nearly 20 years after its creation, still possesses the mystique it did the first time i heard it ~1994. To me, at first blush, all those years ago, it had some kind of homo-erotic allure. The line "so that the others may do" tells of something which must be done for others to follow suit. It felt like like some kind of roxy-glam-pop invitation to sexual liberation.
Upon further introspection I think the song may not have an intrinsic meaning, but simply represents a sort of "holding open the door" for people who otherwise might be affronted by this song/band's unusual style. I know, as a sort of armchair rock-historian, that there have been few bands so daring and so true to the sound that wanted to emerge from within, whether the creator wanted it or not. This band handled it with elegance and grace seldom, if ever, seen.
Verse:
I’m taking you on a journey back into the land of time
Hoping something there will make you change your mind
I feel overcome with envy for things I can’t control
But just in case you fall he won’t let you go.
Chorus:
Over the side
Out of the mind (Won’t let you go)
Into the fire
Of evil desire (Won’t let you go)
Verse:
Hello welcome to the world of sin
You aren’t the only one it’s living in
It’s taking this life to realize
That everything is alive.
I’m taking you on a journey back into the land of time
Hoping something there will make you change your mind
I feel overcome with envy for things I can’t control
But just in case you fall he won’t let you go.
Chorus:
Over the side
Out of the mind (Won’t let you go)
Into the fire
Of evil desire (Won’t let you go)
Verse:
Hello welcome to the world of sin
You aren’t the only one it’s living in
It’s taking this life to realize
That everything is alive.
Lyrics submitted by ADEMAkittie
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