Cool song - to me it's very clear (might be biased, though...probably is!) - it's about someone who while being in a relationship either kissed or did something else with someone other than their partner. He probably knew this person, as a friend or summat, and then comes the "it was a fusion of confusion and a few confounding things" where it just shows how they screwed up! They got into the "big mess." Can also see that in "I'll never live till I live down the one MISTAKE that follows me around." Doesn't seem like an affair, though - just "ONE little slip." Yep - that's what I reckon it means!
Cool song - to me it's very clear (might be biased, though...probably is!) - it's about someone who while being in a relationship either kissed or did something else with someone other than their partner. He probably knew this person, as a friend or summat, and then comes the "it was a fusion of confusion and a few confounding things" where it just shows how they screwed up! They got into the "big mess." Can also see that in "I'll never live till I live down the one MISTAKE that follows me around." Doesn't seem like an affair, though - just "ONE little slip." Yep - that's what I reckon it means!