The Gentleman sings of a wealthy and beautiful lady in love with a poor fellow. The fellow is so in love with this lady that he hallucinates, because the power of love, for him, is like a drug, andf the part about the rotting tissue and so forth can be interpreted to say, if you're not going to be my partner, I'll just die. And the lady is sick of her parents' lifestyle and it interfering with her seeing the guy she desires that all her possessions and trappings of wealth (parquet floor, Braque painting) revolt her to the point of nausea
The Gentleman sings of a wealthy and beautiful lady in love with a poor fellow. The fellow is so in love with this lady that he hallucinates, because the power of love, for him, is like a drug, andf the part about the rotting tissue and so forth can be interpreted to say, if you're not going to be my partner, I'll just die. And the lady is sick of her parents' lifestyle and it interfering with her seeing the guy she desires that all her possessions and trappings of wealth (parquet floor, Braque painting) revolt her to the point of nausea