For me, this song seemed to be about being closeted and gay.
Will you put my hands away ?
Will you be my man ?
The speaker is married, in a trapped relationship, and goes out at night meaninglessly reaching out to other gay men for affairs, groping in the dark. But, he falls in love with someone he didn't intend to. He's asking this man to "put his hands away," his hands that are always hungry to touch another man.
Serve it up, don't wait
Let's see about this ham
"Ham" is lesser used gay slang for "ass."
oh, what happened ?
oh, what happened ?
He still can't believe what he's doing after he's done it. He thinks every time will be his last. He feels that he can't control his cravings.
Home spun desperation's knowing
Inside your cover's always blown
To me, "home spun desperation" indicates the speaker's unhappily married status, where he sits at home but still fantasies desperately about other men, and "inside your cover's always blown" is his knowing that he's gay, and that he can't hide it from himself. He's also hiding the affair with the man he's asking to be his man.
For me, this song seemed to be about being closeted and gay.
Will you put my hands away ? Will you be my man ?
The speaker is married, in a trapped relationship, and goes out at night meaninglessly reaching out to other gay men for affairs, groping in the dark. But, he falls in love with someone he didn't intend to. He's asking this man to "put his hands away," his hands that are always hungry to touch another man.
Serve it up, don't wait Let's see about this ham
"Ham" is lesser used gay slang for "ass."
oh, what happened ? oh, what happened ?
He still can't believe what he's doing after he's done it. He thinks every time will be his last. He feels that he can't control his cravings.
Home spun desperation's knowing Inside your cover's always blown
To me, "home spun desperation" indicates the speaker's unhappily married status, where he sits at home but still fantasies desperately about other men, and "inside your cover's always blown" is his knowing that he's gay, and that he can't hide it from himself. He's also hiding the affair with the man he's asking to be his man.