I’m honestly shocked no one is referencing the music video, and frankly quite grossed out by one suggestion here currently lmao.
The music video colours the song entirely for me. I don’t know if it’s the song’s original intention but it fits perfectly.
A large percentage of the LGBTQ scene is night life and all that encompasses that; sex work (often due to no other choice “victim of the system”), drag and gay clubs. The music video follows one individual (I believe Sheldon Orlando Mcintosh, a Canadian Drag Race queen) as they try to find their drag mother (usually the drag queen that calls the shots at clubs and is a shoulder to lean on) though finds it difficult while it’s day. I feel this also explains the lines “you’ll never be mine, but you’ve got my eye”, especially as Sheldon’s character appears especially enamoured by the beauty of their mother (or the reverse; the drag mother admitting while there isn’t a biological connection that they will watch over them anyway).
I’m honestly shocked no one is referencing the music video, and frankly quite grossed out by one suggestion here currently lmao.
The music video colours the song entirely for me. I don’t know if it’s the song’s original intention but it fits perfectly. A large percentage of the LGBTQ scene is night life and all that encompasses that; sex work (often due to no other choice “victim of the system”), drag and gay clubs. The music video follows one individual (I believe Sheldon Orlando Mcintosh, a Canadian Drag Race queen) as they try to find their drag mother (usually the drag queen that calls the shots at clubs and is a shoulder to lean on) though finds it difficult while it’s day. I feel this also explains the lines “you’ll never be mine, but you’ve got my eye”, especially as Sheldon’s character appears especially enamoured by the beauty of their mother (or the reverse; the drag mother admitting while there isn’t a biological connection that they will watch over them anyway).
[Edit: Addition]