“Older women might find the language of love tiresome. The prettiness brief and disappointing. They tire of insipid flattery. In this song ‘she’ slumps at the predictability, the lip service that marks her as vulnerable or susceptible, vainglorious. She is unmoved. She has boxes of doubles. Each wor...
Do I seem to you
A thirsty flower
That supposes it is
Ripe to bloom
I’d take solace in such
A sorry shower
Yes, wash me please
Of this dust
Will you
I might sleep for all these fragrant tales
Blink belief at every
Twist as true
Make it end where I fill
Empty sails
And I’m applauding
You, and your song as new
Go lover go
I already know
Until you gift a word unheard
Go, lover go
Go
Go
Not all that breaks is to mend
Some things made strong by their bend
Not all that’s broken we seek to
Throw away only for wanting again
Go, lover
Go
Lover, Go was written by Guy Sigsworth & Alison Moyet.
Lover, Go was produced by Guy Sigsworth.