I know that Pete claims this song was for Bette Midler, but I hear a lot of references to his homosexuality throughout the whole "Empty Glass" album. I think this song is about an illicit homosexual affair ("His figure nearly the filled the space") after which the other man had horrible regrets ("But a minute later he was weeping").
I know that Pete claims this song was for Bette Midler, but I hear a lot of references to his homosexuality throughout the whole "Empty Glass" album. I think this song is about an illicit homosexual affair ("His figure nearly the filled the space") after which the other man had horrible regrets ("But a minute later he was weeping").
I don't know if it matters in your interpretation, but its "merely filled the space" not "nearly".
I don't know if it matters in your interpretation, but its "merely filled the space" not "nearly".