The Man of Metropolis Steals Our Hearts Lyrics

Lyric discussion by Askew 

Cover art for The Man of Metropolis Steals Our Hearts lyrics by Sufjan Stevens

This song always seemed sort of melancholy to me. I see it (partly) as about Superman and how he can't ever date/marry Lois Lane as Clark Kent because he's not a "real man", i.e. not human. ("Only a real man can be a lover")

Though there's a lot of other things that don't seem to correlate with this in the song.