Unless the symbolism is hiding the true meaning of the song, this seems to indicate the story of a young, impressionable Exene being led on and taken advantage of (perhaps molested) by a silver-tongued preacher or congregation leader. She wanted to have a true and open relationship with the clergyman, but he wanted to keep it on the sly. "When I walked out you just shook my hand" sounds like wouldn't acknowledge whatever "relationship" they had.
With songs like this and "Universal Corner" you have to wonder at what happened to Exene to led her to abandon Catholicism.
Unless the symbolism is hiding the true meaning of the song, this seems to indicate the story of a young, impressionable Exene being led on and taken advantage of (perhaps molested) by a silver-tongued preacher or congregation leader. She wanted to have a true and open relationship with the clergyman, but he wanted to keep it on the sly. "When I walked out you just shook my hand" sounds like wouldn't acknowledge whatever "relationship" they had.
With songs like this and "Universal Corner" you have to wonder at what happened to Exene to led her to abandon Catholicism.