We Will Not Be Lovers Lyrics

Lyric discussion by Rockinroyston 

Cover art for We Will Not Be Lovers lyrics by Waterboys, The

"How your eyes are like tortures" Wonder if this should not read: "How your eyes are like torches"? Surprised that this engaging toon has not garnered more comments so insightful it is. How we all struggle with feelings; unrequited love among the best subjects for songs (and poems etc) and this being one of the most achingly earnest. Yet his insistence is a contradiction. His passion will get the better of him so strong is the reaction she inspires in him. Oh to be able to experience such intensities at least once in life. But it is the eternal conundrum, to be so drawn to a fellow human and at the same time be so frustrated. It reaffirms just how limited is our understanding of the mechanisms of attraction. I suspect this is a paen or plea to reassure someone in the writer's life... but where did he put all that emotion?