This song has a really unusual structure for a pop song. It's the same 32 bar chord sequence repeated five times with different instrumentation:
solo piano, (4 bars of "intro"),
piano-bass-bongos
add vocals and strings
add synth
abruptly breaking down to just vocals, acoustic gtr, bongos and drums for the reveal of "Although you're my little sister" and abruptly back up to "full band" to return to the song
Then a final half minute of "Over and over again/ Oh Sylvie girl" that feels like a chorus but isn't, followed by a half minute of just the final four bars of the 32-bar sequence.
This song has a really unusual structure for a pop song. It's the same 32 bar chord sequence repeated five times with different instrumentation:
Then a final half minute of "Over and over again/ Oh Sylvie girl" that feels like a chorus but isn't, followed by a half minute of just the final four bars of the 32-bar sequence.
It's genius!