Lyric discussion by AutumnGreenleaf 

Cover art for Goodbye to Mother and the Cove lyrics by Clap Your Hands Say Yeah

I kind of get the feeling that this song may be about a friend accepting homosexuality. The lines "a man makes a man a man, is that the way to kiss a friend" and "all you fear are her thighs" stick out to me but in a way that I don't think Alec himself is gay