I think that "the army on the dance floor " the writer probably witnessed , and was the usual large number of heterosexual couples at say , night clubs or pubs..
" It's a fashion with a gun " means that this was accepted by mainstream society as normal, and threatened ( the gun) any attempt to vary it.
" In a room without a door " I believe represents a toilet cubicle with it's door removed which decades ago was a response by authorities to deter homosexuals copulating in locked toilet cubicles. The most homosexuals could risk (without being seen ) as result of this would have been a kiss , otherwise they would have been exposed to ridicule. Hence , " a kiss is not enough ".
" love my way it's a new road " I think is the writer appealing to his boyfriend to join him in exposing their love to mainstream society in order to pave the way for homosexual love to be accepted.
I loved this song when I was a teenager and still do. I'll try to put more of my interpretations for this song here later.You could even figure it out using the approach I've started with.
I think that "the army on the dance floor " the writer probably witnessed , and was the usual large number of heterosexual couples at say , night clubs or pubs..
" It's a fashion with a gun " means that this was accepted by mainstream society as normal, and threatened ( the gun) any attempt to vary it.
" In a room without a door " I believe represents a toilet cubicle with it's door removed which decades ago was a response by authorities to deter homosexuals copulating in locked toilet cubicles. The most homosexuals could risk (without being seen ) as result of this would have been a kiss , otherwise they would have been exposed to ridicule. Hence , " a kiss is not enough ".
" love my way it's a new road " I think is the writer appealing to his boyfriend to join him in exposing their love to mainstream society in order to pave the way for homosexual love to be accepted.
I loved this song when I was a teenager and still do. I'll try to put more of my interpretations for this song here later.You could even figure it out using the approach I've started with.