Scissor Sisters: Laura Meaning

Laura Lyrics

Laura, can't you give me some time?
I've got to give myself one more chance
To be the man that I know I am
To be the man that I know I am
Won't you just tell Cincinnati
I'm gonna need your love

Don't you give me your love
Don't you give...

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   anonymous

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   Jul 28th 2016 !⃝

   I may be a little late but I feel the urge to share my thoughts anyway. (btw: I apologize for some grammatical errors etc. English is not my first language!)
   
   I personally think "Laura" is about a guy who is secretly gay or knows that he has homosexual tendencies.
   He asks Laura to marry him (music video, the proposal scene) so he can convince the world or/and himself that he is straight ("Won´t you just tell Cincinnati/I´m gonna need your love").
   The "band" that he "knows" he´s "in" has not to refer to The Scissor Sisters. It could also be a metaphor for his true sexuality, the gay "band" that he knows he´s in.
   Babby daddy could be a reference for his band mate "Babydaddy" who is also openly gay.
   
   Well, I have to admit that the hairdresser-themed bit does not make much sense in this context.
   It could be the place where he and "Laura" met but I honestly think it has no important meaning in relation to the rest of the song (or I just don´t get it.).
   Songs that deal with homosexuality have the tendency to be a bit wishy-washy (for example Adam Lambert´s "What Do You Want From Me". He does not clearly state that he addresses a man but, somehow, you get the impression that he DOES or at least you wonder why he is so god damn cryptic.) (It´s still America, y´all...)
   Also, if you pay attention to the music video (of "Laura") you recognize that the male character acts kinda weird (dismissive, that is) towards the female lead.
   Anyway, these are just my impressions. I could be wrong, still. But I hope I could make a point. ;-)
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   Oct 1st 2018 !⃝

   I interpreted it as a man who is currently stuck as his trans counterpart as he said he knows he can be the man he is and then the man he is inside of etc
3. anonymous

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   May 26th 2017 !⃝

   It is for a killed prostitute that went out in Cincinnati to work and washed up death ashore in plastic bag, they urge politicians to think about this former prom queen now turned to working girl to provide for her daughter. . Being killed and cause she was thought to be caught up in the "shady"underbelly of the world ,they didn't solve it x
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   Jul 16th 2012 !⃝

   When playing live, Scissor Sisters have said Laura is about former First Lady Laura Bush.
5. anonymous

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   Mar 5th 2012 !⃝

   This is about a guy in a dead-end relationship with a cold and damaged girl who he loves as a caring friend through would but is not in love with as she has so many issues. He doesn't know how to end it and blames himself for her coldness..thinking he can change her with his warm personality....but there is no way to change her depressive character and he knows the only way out is to end it but he wants to give it one more chance. He cannot see that it simply isn't right for him.

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