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.
I can see you standing outside,
See your shadow on the wall by a street lamp.
I've got a manual instructing my brain.
I turn around, cover eyes, I see you
Standing in the doorway;
Standing in the doorway
I can see you.
Standing in the doorway;
Standing in the doorway
I can see you.
I can see you walking behind,
See your face silhouetted in the half light.
I've got a manual instructing my brain.
I turn around, cover eyes, I see you
Standing in the doorway;
Standing in the doorway
I can see you.
Standing in the doorway;
Standing in the doorway
I can see you.
I can feel your presence inside,
Like a chill, like the point of a sharp knife.
Instruction manual instructing my brain.
I turn around, cover eyes, I see you
Standing in the doorway;
Standing in the doorway
I can see you.
Standing in the doorway
Standing in the doorway
Standing in the doorway
Standing in the doorway
Standing in the doorway
Standing
in the doorway
Standing
in the doorway
Standing
in the doorway
See your shadow on the wall by a street lamp.
I've got a manual instructing my brain.
I turn around, cover eyes, I see you
Standing in the doorway;
Standing in the doorway
I can see you.
Standing in the doorway;
Standing in the doorway
I can see you.
I can see you walking behind,
See your face silhouetted in the half light.
I've got a manual instructing my brain.
I turn around, cover eyes, I see you
Standing in the doorway;
Standing in the doorway
I can see you.
Standing in the doorway;
Standing in the doorway
I can see you.
I can feel your presence inside,
Like a chill, like the point of a sharp knife.
Instruction manual instructing my brain.
I turn around, cover eyes, I see you
Standing in the doorway;
Standing in the doorway
I can see you.
Standing in the doorway
Standing in the doorway
Standing in the doorway
Standing in the doorway
Standing in the doorway
Standing
in the doorway
Standing
in the doorway
Standing
in the doorway
Lyrics submitted by Ice
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