Did Tracy die from AIDS or a drug overdose?

Those are the two that scream out to me from the lyrics...

Tracy died soon after a long fought civil war

--his fight with AIDS or possibly a drug overdose however lyrics later in the song point to AIDS

Just after I'd wiped away his last tear

--they were living together before his lover passed

I guess he's better off than he was before

--AIDS is a progressive worsening disease

A whole lot better off than the fools he left here

--Talking about himself

I used 2 cry 4 Tracy because he was my only friend

--missing his lover

Those kind of cars don't pass u every day

I used 2 cry 4 Tracy because I wanted to see him again

But sometimes sometimes life ain't always the way...

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Sometimes it snows in April

Sometimes I feel so bad, so bad

Sometimes I wish life was never ending

And all good things, they say, never last

Springtime was always my favorite time of year

A time 4 lovers holding hands in the rain

--When he and his lover used to hold hands

Now springtime only reminds me of Tracy's tears

Always cry 4 love, never cry 4 pain

He used 2 say so strong unafraid to die

--he knew he was gonna die because he had AIDS, this is the lyric later that points to AIDS or a life-threatening disease

Unafraid of the death that left me hypnotized

No, staring at his picture I realized

No one could cry the way my Tracy cried

Sometimes it snows in April

Sometimes I feel so bad

Sometimes, sometimes I wish that life was never ending

And all good things, they say, never last

I often dream of heaven and I know that Tracy's there

I know that he has found another friend

Maybe he's found the answer 2 all the April snow

--this could be in reference to cocaine?

Maybe one day I'll see my Tracy again

Sometimes it snows in April

Sometimes I feel so bad, so bad

Sometimes I wish that life was never ending

But all good things, they say, never last

All good things they say, never last

And love, it isn't love until it's past

what do you think the meaning of this song is?

Thank you very much for your posts!!

Knock this goon shit off please.

rdhull said:

Knock this goon shit off please.

that's what the song means to you?? How did you come up with that interpretation??

Oh for the love of monkeys, not another AIDs and drug overdose

rdhull said:

Knock this goon shit off please.

So do you think Tracy was a member of the North or South in the American Civil War form 1861-65?

U think Prince is writing about a Confederate at Fort Sumter RD? Or you think he meant something else?