To me this song can be summarised by the words 'I'm so lonely'. The marriage proposal is an attempt to end this gnawing feeling of loneliness. The focus is on the troubled state of the protagonist though. This is underlined by the irritating and agonizing guitar bit which is played after the first rendition of the verse, in between the lines of the verse the second time it is sung and at the end of the song after the final (double tracked) 'sometimes you get so lonely'.
To me this song can be summarised by the words 'I'm so lonely'. The marriage proposal is an attempt to end this gnawing feeling of loneliness. The focus is on the troubled state of the protagonist though. This is underlined by the irritating and agonizing guitar bit which is played after the first rendition of the verse, in between the lines of the verse the second time it is sung and at the end of the song after the final (double tracked) 'sometimes you get so lonely'.