I read in 1 of the comments that this was about homosexuals and their struggle to "exist", especially in some cultures.
However my initial interpretation of the song was that it was about kids in the 1970s and 80s, who were different from their parents before them. They were more rebellious, adventurous, open, wore different kids of clothes, were into different types of music and, in the end, gave rise to a new kind of social culture. So I can imagine this song being about a teenager during that era, struggling to explain his way of life to his parents and society in general.
Overall though, the song can be just about any socially victimized or outcasted group. The struggles they all go through are, in a general sense, much the same and the song never goes into any details for us to make out who exactly he is referring too.
I read in 1 of the comments that this was about homosexuals and their struggle to "exist", especially in some cultures.
However my initial interpretation of the song was that it was about kids in the 1970s and 80s, who were different from their parents before them. They were more rebellious, adventurous, open, wore different kids of clothes, were into different types of music and, in the end, gave rise to a new kind of social culture. So I can imagine this song being about a teenager during that era, struggling to explain his way of life to his parents and society in general.
Overall though, the song can be just about any socially victimized or outcasted group. The struggles they all go through are, in a general sense, much the same and the song never goes into any details for us to make out who exactly he is referring too.