Transparent Lover
Ephemeral Love Unveiled: Robyn Hitchcock's Transparent Lover Revelations
Lyrics
On the horizon of the gulls and plovers
Observing a scene with seagulls and plovers in the distance
She saw the outline of transparent lovers
Noticing the vague form of lovers who seem transparent
In a hotel room underneath the covers
Describing a hotel room where transparent lovers are hidden under covers
Who should I see but the transparent lovers
Encountering the transparent lovers unexpectedly
Why is she built that way I soon discovered
Questioning the nature of the female lover's construction
Try to embrace her your transparent lover
Encouraging an attempt to embrace the transparent lover
Try to belong to her you won't recover
Warning that attempting to belong to her might lead to unrecoverable consequences
See your reflected in your transparent lover
Seeing oneself reflected in the transparent lover
Gone lord, gone, gone
Expressing a sense of loss and departure
Fade boy, fade
Advising someone to fade away
Gone lord, gone, gone
Reiterating a feeling of loss and departure
Faintly above the cliffs they held each other
Describing a scene where the transparent lovers hold each other above the cliffs
Wan as the angels, the transparent lovers
Comparing the lovers to angels in their pallor
You're going to lose her like you lost your mother
Predicting the inevitable loss of the lover, drawing a parallel to losing one's mother
But you'll remember your transparent lover
Assuring that the transparent lover will be remembered
All men are killers or they're killers' brothers
Stating a grim perspective on men as either killers or related to killers
I'm going to die for my transparent lover
Expressing readiness to die for the transparent lover
My transparent lover
Emphasizing the significance of the transparent lover
Gone lord, gone, gone
Reiterating a sense of loss and departure
Fade boy, fade
Encouraging someone to fade away
Gone lord, gone, gone
Reiterating a feeling of loss and departure
Summery phantom as she fades she hovers
Describing the transparent lover as a summery phantom
I'm going to find her my transparent lover
Expressing determination to find the transparent lover
My transparent lover
Reiterating the significance of the transparent lover
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