Looking into the allemande (dance), I think we can draw some parallels...
The allemande was originally a group dance (the name, which is from the French word for "German", comes from the fact that the dance was supposedly conceived in Germany) that involved couples linking arms or hands, spinning around each other, and then switching off with someone else. That element of the dance has carried over into other dances, today in square dance and contra dance, where the word allemande still refers to moves in which partners link hands or arms and spin around each other before splitting off.
I think this relates to the song... two people were together, linked, and they "spun around" each other for a short time before breaking off to other partners, because it just couldn't work between them. In effect, they did an "allemande." Beautiful parallel to draw I think, a wonderful reference...
Looking into the allemande (dance), I think we can draw some parallels...
The allemande was originally a group dance (the name, which is from the French word for "German", comes from the fact that the dance was supposedly conceived in Germany) that involved couples linking arms or hands, spinning around each other, and then switching off with someone else. That element of the dance has carried over into other dances, today in square dance and contra dance, where the word allemande still refers to moves in which partners link hands or arms and spin around each other before splitting off.
I think this relates to the song... two people were together, linked, and they "spun around" each other for a short time before breaking off to other partners, because it just couldn't work between them. In effect, they did an "allemande." Beautiful parallel to draw I think, a wonderful reference...