It is a melancholic look at some of the unfortunate attitudes towards homosexual love and how even in its most innocent and sweet ways... people have become corrupted/jaded by those who wish to treat them differently or as inferior beings. The main hints are "Baby of the class you know," assuming this in reference to a boy in a different class of society that frowns upon homosexuality. "He really didn't know that one and one was two..." instead of refering to that one and one make three... A couple having a child. This suggests to me that the person was also very naive in his outlook ("Young and so uncertain"), innocent in what he wanted and who he wanted to love. (Not surprising when you consider the album this song is taken from is titled "The Innocents.")
It is a melancholic look at some of the unfortunate attitudes towards homosexual love and how even in its most innocent and sweet ways... people have become corrupted/jaded by those who wish to treat them differently or as inferior beings. The main hints are "Baby of the class you know," assuming this in reference to a boy in a different class of society that frowns upon homosexuality. "He really didn't know that one and one was two..." instead of refering to that one and one make three... A couple having a child. This suggests to me that the person was also very naive in his outlook ("Young and so uncertain"), innocent in what he wanted and who he wanted to love. (Not surprising when you consider the album this song is taken from is titled "The Innocents.")