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• Keith from YorkshireMarc Almond revealed that : this is a reflection of a romance that has ended in gut-wrenching fashion; this isn’t a typical love story; it’s one that the protagonist is happy to have but there is a degree of shame in it, and “To keep you secret has been hell.” And if you hadn’t deduced that, with lines like “Under the deep red light, I can see the make-up sliding down,” the woman in question is a prostitute (and the man in a position of power such as a politician)
• Anthony from Anthony WalkerThet should have included that in I it's a sin
• Ktg from West Midlands I believe this song is a reflection on the difficulties of a relationship between a Bisexual Man and a female prostitute (Your used to wearing less, Hey little Girl Under the Deep red light)
• Michael from Santa Cruz, CaI love the comments about this song.Marc Almond is openly gay but I don't know if that was the point of the song.My theory is that there was a break-up with a man/woman/partner and they haunt the club the protaganist hangs out at and refuse to let it go.
• Matt from Portsmouth, United KingdomThere is a perfectly valid heterosexual interpratation of this son, for me this song is the theme tune to my break up with a former girlfriend who was always going off the rails to paraphrase Marc Almond. Despite all the drama associated with the relationship the final scene WAS played my way.
• Steve from Lisburn, United KingdomI'd have to agree with Jason that while the song is inspired by the difficulties of a gay relationship where one or other of those involved haven't yet come out, the lyrics have been kept neutral, probably deliberately so to avoid the gay conotations affecting sales. [this is 1981 rememberand a song about gay love aint gonna do well in the charts] Indeed the only hint of the sexuality of the couple during the song is a hetrosexual one with the lyric "You in a cocktail skirt and me in a suit." [cross dressing not withstanding]. Also the lyric "A nice little housewife will give me steady life." fitted well to a hetrosexual listening audience as it painted a picture of the lover being a loose woman and not marriage material while a gay listening audience were able to associate the lyric to a closet gay/bisexual man who is considering moving on from the secret affair by staying in the closet and retaining the facade of a hetrosexual.
• Jason from Dublin, Irelandreally nice, tender. but i don't agree with the gay intrepation. i think the song is about the great difficulty we all have in communicating with others, and how our efforts nearly always end in empty gestures like a wave or saying goodbye

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