I've never really thought of Nico at all in relation to this song, or album. As far as I can see the only definite similarities between Caroline(the female concerned, as we discover later in the album) and Nico is that they're both German, and both relatively tall. Aside from that, the relationship between Jim and Caroline implied in this song and accross the rest of the record doesn't seem to be too reminiscent of that between the supposed relationship between Lou and Nico. But who knows?
To me, it seems that this song is setting the scene, and the mood, for the rest of the album. The lyrics indicate the sort of relationship Jim and Caroline had before the tragedies that follow struck: give us a bit of constrast. And that dramatic piano sets the depressing yet powerful feel that the record's become famous for.
I've never really thought of Nico at all in relation to this song, or album. As far as I can see the only definite similarities between Caroline(the female concerned, as we discover later in the album) and Nico is that they're both German, and both relatively tall. Aside from that, the relationship between Jim and Caroline implied in this song and accross the rest of the record doesn't seem to be too reminiscent of that between the supposed relationship between Lou and Nico. But who knows?
To me, it seems that this song is setting the scene, and the mood, for the rest of the album. The lyrics indicate the sort of relationship Jim and Caroline had before the tragedies that follow struck: give us a bit of constrast. And that dramatic piano sets the depressing yet powerful feel that the record's become famous for.