Billy Budd was an innocent Christ-like perfect male specimen who was executed because he accidentally killed the conniving, evil first mate of the ship he served on.
I think this song is about the social repercussions of choosing homosexual love.
I wonder what the "12 years" line means, though.
Billy Budd was an innocent Christ-like perfect male specimen who was executed because he accidentally killed the conniving, evil first mate of the ship he served on. I think this song is about the social repercussions of choosing homosexual love. I wonder what the "12 years" line means, though.