He reuses the verse melody from the previous album's "Dirty Little Religion", the topics of the verses are all over the place, and he packs too many words into one line (goes to show...) and too few in another (it's pretty hard to find), and rhymes "Henley Regatta" with "Persona non grata", but gets away with it all as only he could.
Riding on this know-how
Never been here before
Peculiarly entrusted
Possibly that's all
Is history recorded
Does someone have a tape?
Surely, I'm no pioneer
Constellations stay the same
Just a little bit of danger
When intriguingly
Our little secret
Trust say trust me
'Cause no one will ever know
That this was happening
So tell me why you listen
When nobody's talking?
Oh oh oh, what is there to know?
Oh, this is what it is
Oh oh oh, you and me alone
Sheer simplicity
Oh oh oh, what is there to know?
Oh, this is what it is
Oh oh oh, you and me alone
Sheer simplicity
Oh oh oh, what is there to know?
Oh, this is what it is
Oh oh oh, you and me alone
Sheer simplicity
Never been here before
Peculiarly entrusted
Possibly that's all
Is history recorded
Does someone have a tape?
Surely, I'm no pioneer
Constellations stay the same
Just a little bit of danger
When intriguingly
Our little secret
Trust say trust me
'Cause no one will ever know
That this was happening
So tell me why you listen
When nobody's talking?
Oh oh oh, what is there to know?
Oh, this is what it is
Oh oh oh, you and me alone
Sheer simplicity
Oh oh oh, what is there to know?
Oh, this is what it is
Oh oh oh, you and me alone
Sheer simplicity
Oh oh oh, what is there to know?
Oh, this is what it is
Oh oh oh, you and me alone
Sheer simplicity
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Nah, it doesn't seem to me that it's about adultery. I think it's about a man and a woman making love, just for one night - and why not? So the song would be about showing how such a simple thing as two persons making love shouldn't be that big a deal - not, of course, when it involves cheating, but I don't see where in this song that theme takes place.
Just a man and a woman, alone. Sheer simplicity =)