Lyric discussion by foreverdrone 

Cover art for Do It Clean lyrics by Echo and the Bunnymen

the protagonist of villiers terrace would seem to be expressing horror at a decadent scene...which (if true) would not necessary contradict any of the interpretations here.

Bernard would usually sing "now that we've grown up together/they're all doing drugs with me" when they played "true faith" live (why he wouldn't put it on the LP, who knows). but i don't know which people he would have been referring to.