Not Homophobia!

[Mark Beale <beale@hdshq.com>]

I'm gay--100%, completely--and my first reaction to the suggestion that
"your son's coming out" was a gay reference was, "Huuuuhhh?? Oh, come
ON!!"  It just didn't make any sense to me, the lyric seems pretty
straight-forward (no pun). You certainly aren't going to call me
homophobic, are you?

I think as fans we want to understand the artist's original intent in
order to better understand the artist.  Kate doesn't pull this stuff out
of a hat, and it's fascinating to know where these ideas come from.

That, however, has NOTHING to do with personal meaning.  A song has as
many lives as there are listeners.  The intellectual interpretation and
personal, emotional meaning are *very separate*.  Look at the song, "We
Are Family," for instance.  I don't know what the writer had in mind,
but I DO know that many groups have adopted it as their own personal
anthem.  Do these people assume the writer intended the song for them? 
Of course not!

[Damn I wish the new album would come along and give us something new to
discuss!]