I always thought it's about post-war male prostitution.
He saw the soldier like a saviour (in the white light), but soon he had to run from those stranger soldiers, separated from his family and got to survive as he could (war upon war / heat upon heat)
then, years away from fighting, he's cruising in the park.
"Standing in the dark
Oh I was waiting for man to come
I am beautiful and clean
And so very very young
To be standing in the street
To be taken by someone"
the strange boy receives a lot of nasty questions, but no one can explain what's the point in the war that completely shredded his life.
I always thought it's about post-war male prostitution. He saw the soldier like a saviour (in the white light), but soon he had to run from those stranger soldiers, separated from his family and got to survive as he could (war upon war / heat upon heat)
then, years away from fighting, he's cruising in the park. "Standing in the dark Oh I was waiting for man to come I am beautiful and clean And so very very young To be standing in the street To be taken by someone"
the strange boy receives a lot of nasty questions, but no one can explain what's the point in the war that completely shredded his life.
to cut a long story shot, he lost his mind.