Lyric discussion by Dirtmouth 

Cover art for I Confess lyrics by English Beat, The

"Because I didn't care till I found out that one of them was mine." Sounds like a man who lives life by just having fun by going to clubs and having intercourse with randoms. Then one day he finds out that he is a father.

"Still wasn't right fight after fight" I think this bit means he got together with the woman who was the mother of his child but she didn't want to be with him, and he is really making an effort to be with the son.

"Sometimes it's right to say goodnight" I think at this part he means that maybe it'd be best for the child if he stopped trying, and maybe he's only causing pain for everyone?

"Always searching for paradise" Going back to my initial idea of him being a careless bachelor.

"If it's all the same to you I'll stay indifferent" And now I think this is his message to the woman saying, "If you don't want this to go anywhere it won't"

"Out like a light, another boy who's given up trying" I think this part is later on, and the boy's opinion of this whole matter is that he's not something to be angrily fought over.

That's my interpretation of it, to me it's either that or something relative to trying to commit suicide to prove a point. (Only because of all the references to death)