Not to nitpick, but this song was released on So-Lo, which lists the artist as Danny Elfman, not Oingo Boingo. At the time they were having contract troubles.
Anyway, this song has several interpretations. One is best summed up by a quote from Chris Franz of the Talking Heads about their song Heaven: "Rock stars often get overstimulated and sometimes the idea of a place where nothing happens can get pretty appealing."
On another level, it's about being in a suffocating relationship and the singer needs some alone time to get himself together.
On still another level, this is about how the legal troubles Oingo Boingo was suffering at the time were suffocating Danny and the band.
Not to nitpick, but this song was released on So-Lo, which lists the artist as Danny Elfman, not Oingo Boingo. At the time they were having contract troubles. Anyway, this song has several interpretations. One is best summed up by a quote from Chris Franz of the Talking Heads about their song Heaven: "Rock stars often get overstimulated and sometimes the idea of a place where nothing happens can get pretty appealing." On another level, it's about being in a suffocating relationship and the singer needs some alone time to get himself together. On still another level, this is about how the legal troubles Oingo Boingo was suffering at the time were suffocating Danny and the band.