Lyric discussion by DanAteev 

Cover art for La Rossa lyrics by Van Der Graaf Generator

While general consensus (including tony118089 comment) are reasonable and cannon, I feel that this song might have an extra meaning. The fact that the protagonists gives so much thoughts about losing something platonic and starting to get physical affection, might be not a serenade to a particular female, but also an elegy to innocent youth and the fact that he can no longer percieve his female peers (friends, schoolmates) as friends, because puberty had hit and he is questioning himself his own feeling about them.

[Edit: bad english at first or something]

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