I think it's a bit more complicated than just growing up.
First Verse: A young boy exposed to sex, even if just by word of mouth, too soon, by his own mother.
It corrupts him, makes him a bit of a deviant.
Second Verse: His mother getting old is a way of saying that he got older and, like the apple does fall from the tree, he too had sex and way too young. Probably because he was exposed to it too soon.
Third Verse: The outside world is an ugly world, but not his "velvet" (a luxurious, over-the-top material, think self-indulgent) bed. Bed a place to lay. He just has sex all the time instead of facing the world. But all of this lacks love. "Girl-guides" I think is another way of saying prostitutes.
Fourth Verse: He realizes his homosexuality. He wants love. He wants it from this "Charlie" who just wants sex. Which he doesn't want right now, "Not yet" he wants love.
Fifth Verse: Now it comes towards the end of his life. He's not afraid. Death is coming, it's not here, but it's coming.
I think it's a bit more complicated than just growing up.
First Verse: A young boy exposed to sex, even if just by word of mouth, too soon, by his own mother.
It corrupts him, makes him a bit of a deviant.
Second Verse: His mother getting old is a way of saying that he got older and, like the apple does fall from the tree, he too had sex and way too young. Probably because he was exposed to it too soon.
Third Verse: The outside world is an ugly world, but not his "velvet" (a luxurious, over-the-top material, think self-indulgent) bed. Bed a place to lay. He just has sex all the time instead of facing the world. But all of this lacks love. "Girl-guides" I think is another way of saying prostitutes.
Fourth Verse: He realizes his homosexuality. He wants love. He wants it from this "Charlie" who just wants sex. Which he doesn't want right now, "Not yet" he wants love.
Fifth Verse: Now it comes towards the end of his life. He's not afraid. Death is coming, it's not here, but it's coming.