The Ubiquitous Mr. Lovegrove Lyrics

Lyric discussion by AmandaLament 

Cover art for The Ubiquitous Mr. Lovegrove lyrics by Dead Can Dance

It could be about drugs; especially the lines:

"I love slow ... slow but deep. Feigned affections wash over me. Dream on my dear And renounce temporal obligations. Dream on my dear It's a sleep from which you may not awaken."

and: You build me up then you knock me down. We keep time to the beat of an old slave drum. Now I'm serving time in disillusionment I thought that you were the one In darkness my heart was won.

"Now I'm serving time in a domestic graveyard."

It could also be that the death of domestic life was caused by the addiction.