Strictly Confidential Lyrics

Lyric discussion by AbsurdistMe 

Cover art for Strictly Confidential lyrics by Roxy Music

This song conjures the image of a man waiting to die. He's staving off sleep, because he has to live the time he has left.

It sounds like he's writing a confession of some sort; of love; of those he's killed; who knows...

It's clear that he's haunted by voices, either of those he's killed or from schizophrenia(?).

In the end it sounds like he's being set free from a personal hell via death (lethal injection or suicide). In the closing lines he seems to think he's free, but there's a sudden disappointment cause he says: there is no light here, is there no key.

Whatever the meaning, there's a sense of foreboding that underscores the tune. It's both sad and a bit haunting. I like it but it makes me slightly uncomfortable.

Great song though! This album deserves so much more love than people on these boards are giving it.

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