I was fairly certain after listening to this that he is referring to Ms. Leading and his heartbreak at discovering her to be a prostitute. Then, because of his heartbreak and the fact that he feels foolish for ever trusting her, he tries to pretend that he never did love her - "I love you" being the three words I think he refers to when saying "My darling I would never say those words to you".
He thinks about the time he spent with her and how her hands were "marooned so freshly red" and refuses to believe that she ever really loved him if she could be unfaithful, when the reality was probably that she had no choice.
Unable to see this, He gets incredibly bitter and upset and throws a bunch of insults her way; "Take off your sweater your shoes and your shirt and get to work" being a particularly below the belt comment, I thought.
This song seems to be a turning point on the album; the point when his heart is truely broken. From here onwards, the style kind of changes.
I was fairly certain after listening to this that he is referring to Ms. Leading and his heartbreak at discovering her to be a prostitute. Then, because of his heartbreak and the fact that he feels foolish for ever trusting her, he tries to pretend that he never did love her - "I love you" being the three words I think he refers to when saying "My darling I would never say those words to you". He thinks about the time he spent with her and how her hands were "marooned so freshly red" and refuses to believe that she ever really loved him if she could be unfaithful, when the reality was probably that she had no choice. Unable to see this, He gets incredibly bitter and upset and throws a bunch of insults her way; "Take off your sweater your shoes and your shirt and get to work" being a particularly below the belt comment, I thought.
This song seems to be a turning point on the album; the point when his heart is truely broken. From here onwards, the style kind of changes.