Lyric discussion by III 

Cover art for Pale Blue Eyes lyrics by Velvet Underground, The

to me this song is about a love you had once but she's moved on... & she wants you to think you never had it. i think this happend to lou for sure also because the SJ line "women never really feign" its the same kind of theme.

basically the song has a feeling of wanting to reject what happend... wanting to move past it because it hurts. but on the other hand the hurt feels kind of good.. lets you know your alive. lets you know you tried & didn't just let it pass. so he's admiting she lingers inside him, this hurts him, but he lets it happen. it's like a confession.

(this is just what the song means to me... i get that kinda of feeling just from the sound; lyrics second)