I always thought this is about homosexuality. It was and is still seen by a lot of people as an illness, or simply something that can be cured or go away. Sometimes poeple ask gay guys "are you still gay? why don't you find a girl?" or "don't be silly, you're grown-up now, you have to get a girl", indicating taht gayness is just a phase or ilness. So Morrissey asks "Am I still ill?". The whole world changed, the society changed, the economics (note the Thatcher and economy links), but he is still gay, so "still ill", hasn't changed. Under teh bridge and sore lips, could be that gays often met under bridges and railway stations. "Does the mind rule the body..." - he asks if the mind can rule the body, that he can simply say "i like girls" and his body will respond, but the body does actually rule the mind, he likes boys. He has butterflies in his stomach etc. So the body, sexual needs, really do rule over the heart and mind, therefore the logic and common sense. So after all this time, he is still ill, still gay.
I always thought this is about homosexuality. It was and is still seen by a lot of people as an illness, or simply something that can be cured or go away. Sometimes poeple ask gay guys "are you still gay? why don't you find a girl?" or "don't be silly, you're grown-up now, you have to get a girl", indicating taht gayness is just a phase or ilness. So Morrissey asks "Am I still ill?". The whole world changed, the society changed, the economics (note the Thatcher and economy links), but he is still gay, so "still ill", hasn't changed. Under teh bridge and sore lips, could be that gays often met under bridges and railway stations. "Does the mind rule the body..." - he asks if the mind can rule the body, that he can simply say "i like girls" and his body will respond, but the body does actually rule the mind, he likes boys. He has butterflies in his stomach etc. So the body, sexual needs, really do rule over the heart and mind, therefore the logic and common sense. So after all this time, he is still ill, still gay.