The song is loosely based on the character Roger Mexico from Thomas Pynchon's novel, Gravity's Rainbow. The 'she' in the song is Mexico's lover, Jessica Swanlake, who's engaged to another man, Jeremy ("Beaver"). Mexico detests Jeremy, for obvious reasons, and has an episode where he vainly tries to figure out if Jessica acts the same way with Jeremy as she does with him-- hence the line, "Does she ever whisper..." Mexico wants to take Jessica away out of the London war zone, which is impossible since they both work for the government-- he is a statistician who is charged with figuring out where the German V-2 rockets will land. Mexico is a somewhat grumpy character, but Jessica brings out his romantic and hopeful side, which is how the song portrays him.
The song is loosely based on the character Roger Mexico from Thomas Pynchon's novel, Gravity's Rainbow. The 'she' in the song is Mexico's lover, Jessica Swanlake, who's engaged to another man, Jeremy ("Beaver"). Mexico detests Jeremy, for obvious reasons, and has an episode where he vainly tries to figure out if Jessica acts the same way with Jeremy as she does with him-- hence the line, "Does she ever whisper..." Mexico wants to take Jessica away out of the London war zone, which is impossible since they both work for the government-- he is a statistician who is charged with figuring out where the German V-2 rockets will land. Mexico is a somewhat grumpy character, but Jessica brings out his romantic and hopeful side, which is how the song portrays him.
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