Though many people believe this song not to be connected to the 1984 idea, but I actually found a way it could fit. I always thought of "Rebel Rebel" of being about Halloween Jack finding love with an unusual girl in the post-Apocalypse world and this song is about him and her spending time together and finding solace in rock music even though of the bad times which is why he is in tears because he is just so happy yet he knows that it's the Apocalypse and they could die anytime. He already references the relationship when he has them "taking drugs" and "jumping into the river holding hands" in Sweet Thing / Candidate.
Though many people believe this song not to be connected to the 1984 idea, but I actually found a way it could fit. I always thought of "Rebel Rebel" of being about Halloween Jack finding love with an unusual girl in the post-Apocalypse world and this song is about him and her spending time together and finding solace in rock music even though of the bad times which is why he is in tears because he is just so happy yet he knows that it's the Apocalypse and they could die anytime. He already references the relationship when he has them "taking drugs" and "jumping into the river holding hands" in Sweet Thing / Candidate.