When I first came out as gay, this song for me was almost my coming out song, the part that says 'Seal my heart and break my pride,I've nowhere to stand and now nowhere to hide,Align my heart, my body, my mind,To face what I've done and do my time'.That part for me meant everybody was stealing the little bit of pride I had, and that I would endure the consequence and do my time after coming out. Not that coming out turned out to be so awquard. Does that make sense to anybody?
That makes sense to me. It does seem to be like the plight of LGBT people in the more fundamentalist areas of the US. "Nowhere to stand and now nowhere to hide" could be interpreted to be about LGBT people who were kicked out of their houses. And many LGBT people who grew up in a religious setting do sometimes feel like the fact that they are LGBT is a crime ("to face what I've done/and do my time"). I have yet to come out as bi, although I am very lucky-my parents have said that they don't care if...
That makes sense to me. It does seem to be like the plight of LGBT people in the more fundamentalist areas of the US. "Nowhere to stand and now nowhere to hide" could be interpreted to be about LGBT people who were kicked out of their houses. And many LGBT people who grew up in a religious setting do sometimes feel like the fact that they are LGBT is a crime ("to face what I've done/and do my time"). I have yet to come out as bi, although I am very lucky-my parents have said that they don't care if I am LGBT, and I live in Madison, WI, one of the most liberal and accepting cities in the US, I still am somewhat nervous. I'm sorry that you felt that way about coming out, and I'm glad that your coming out experience was not as bad as you anticipated.
When I first came out as gay, this song for me was almost my coming out song, the part that says 'Seal my heart and break my pride,I've nowhere to stand and now nowhere to hide,Align my heart, my body, my mind,To face what I've done and do my time'.That part for me meant everybody was stealing the little bit of pride I had, and that I would endure the consequence and do my time after coming out. Not that coming out turned out to be so awquard. Does that make sense to anybody?
That makes sense to me. It does seem to be like the plight of LGBT people in the more fundamentalist areas of the US. "Nowhere to stand and now nowhere to hide" could be interpreted to be about LGBT people who were kicked out of their houses. And many LGBT people who grew up in a religious setting do sometimes feel like the fact that they are LGBT is a crime ("to face what I've done/and do my time"). I have yet to come out as bi, although I am very lucky-my parents have said that they don't care if...
That makes sense to me. It does seem to be like the plight of LGBT people in the more fundamentalist areas of the US. "Nowhere to stand and now nowhere to hide" could be interpreted to be about LGBT people who were kicked out of their houses. And many LGBT people who grew up in a religious setting do sometimes feel like the fact that they are LGBT is a crime ("to face what I've done/and do my time"). I have yet to come out as bi, although I am very lucky-my parents have said that they don't care if I am LGBT, and I live in Madison, WI, one of the most liberal and accepting cities in the US, I still am somewhat nervous. I'm sorry that you felt that way about coming out, and I'm glad that your coming out experience was not as bad as you anticipated.