i always took it as about prostitution? they wrote "dilly boys" so it's not totally implausible. it does sort of work: you don't wanna go back, there's gotta be another way, you need drugs desperately but you can't figure out how to get them, then some guy calls and says "are you dancing today?" ie, are you working. "the bed you have made is the bed in which you must lay" works too, both literally and metaphorically. it's definitely about doing something you don't want to do for drugs.
it's pretty bleak, anyway. the hopeful outro makes it even sadder.
i always took it as about prostitution? they wrote "dilly boys" so it's not totally implausible. it does sort of work: you don't wanna go back, there's gotta be another way, you need drugs desperately but you can't figure out how to get them, then some guy calls and says "are you dancing today?" ie, are you working. "the bed you have made is the bed in which you must lay" works too, both literally and metaphorically. it's definitely about doing something you don't want to do for drugs.
it's pretty bleak, anyway. the hopeful outro makes it even sadder.