Desire As Lyrics

Lyric discussion by terribleyo 

Cover art for Desire As lyrics by Prefab Sprout

There is something ambiguous in the lyrics from the point of view of victim and victimizer, it seems to me. The story is constantly changing: "goodness knows why I'd throw it to the birds ... And all I ever want to be is far from the eyes that ask me" vs "You mock the good things, you play the heart strings, play them one by one."

Who left who?