This reads like a Lou Reed wishing for mystical transformative power in response to the impotence he feels as a friend fights cancer. 'Magic and Loss' is a hugely under-rated record, perhaps the first grown-up, adult rock'n'roll record, dealing with Reed losing friends to cancer and giving the (teenage) anger and passion of rock'n'roll a new focus railing at the injustices at the end of life.
This reads like a Lou Reed wishing for mystical transformative power in response to the impotence he feels as a friend fights cancer. 'Magic and Loss' is a hugely under-rated record, perhaps the first grown-up, adult rock'n'roll record, dealing with Reed losing friends to cancer and giving the (teenage) anger and passion of rock'n'roll a new focus railing at the injustices at the end of life.