I think that Marcel and St John are either his hands/fists or weapons. So 'she' found out his plan and sent someone, maybe Dad, to shoot him but he was too streetwise. Comes back to her and sees through her, then the dreams are gone and time passes. He deals with the competition but...(this is the bit I'm not so sure about)
The punch line means that he wants the original 'she/you' back
Any body got any ideas about how the 'There's a white diamond gloom ' stanza fits into anything else.
I think that Marcel and St John are either his hands/fists or weapons. So 'she' found out his plan and sent someone, maybe Dad, to shoot him but he was too streetwise. Comes back to her and sees through her, then the dreams are gone and time passes. He deals with the competition but...(this is the bit I'm not so sure about) The punch line means that he wants the original 'she/you' back Any body got any ideas about how the 'There's a white diamond gloom ' stanza fits into anything else.