I think this song is about being born "different".The lyrics"I was dancing when I was twelve
I was dancing when I was out
I danced myself right out the womb
Is it strange to dance so soon?" are about the narrator's childhood,ever since he was a kid he's been this way,the question "is it strange to dance so soon?"sounds exactly like the stuff a parent would ask when confronted with their child acting "different".It seems these are questions he asks himself through life,whether his love for dancing(dancing could literally be a metaphor for anything that goes against the norm)truly is strange.The line "i danced myself into the tomb"is him deciding that to keep doing what he loves,and accepting that he will remain strange in the eyes of others.I remember hearing this song sitting on a ferry deck while looking at the surrounding fog,very moody,one of t-rex's best
I think this song is about being born "different".The lyrics"I was dancing when I was twelve I was dancing when I was out I danced myself right out the womb Is it strange to dance so soon?" are about the narrator's childhood,ever since he was a kid he's been this way,the question "is it strange to dance so soon?"sounds exactly like the stuff a parent would ask when confronted with their child acting "different".It seems these are questions he asks himself through life,whether his love for dancing(dancing could literally be a metaphor for anything that goes against the norm)truly is strange.The line "i danced myself into the tomb"is him deciding that to keep doing what he loves,and accepting that he will remain strange in the eyes of others.I remember hearing this song sitting on a ferry deck while looking at the surrounding fog,very moody,one of t-rex's best