This song appears to be about a young man who finally embraced his sexuality and when he did he caught AIDS. He was afraid to come out to his family because he thought they wouldn't accept him. But, it seems, by the father singing in the end, trying to comfort him, that he loves his son regardless and would have supported him whether he was gay or not and the tragedy is that the son had to live in the closet when he didn't need to.
This song appears to be about a young man who finally embraced his sexuality and when he did he caught AIDS. He was afraid to come out to his family because he thought they wouldn't accept him. But, it seems, by the father singing in the end, trying to comfort him, that he loves his son regardless and would have supported him whether he was gay or not and the tragedy is that the son had to live in the closet when he didn't need to.