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As the singer’s ‘reflections after Jane’ begin, the world around them becomes more prominent and more isolating. Groups of ‘workers’ who are neither alone, nor in couples merge together in an impersonal blur. Jane is never described to the listener but simply by knowing her name, the song re-enforc...
[Verse 1]
Butterflies with gilded wings this morning
Touched the red sun and the rain
On the bridge, the workers pass in threes and fours and fives
To my sleeplessness, reflections after Jane
[Verse 2]
How I long to live inside a window
By the sighing motorway
Feel the city searching for my loneliness
In all the dust and glass, reflections after Jane
[Bridge]
And I see her all on a golden Sunday
With her hair so dark in the rain
[Verse 3]
Who is in the newspapers this month or week or year?
My silent friend
I can starve my life into a deeper sleep
Remembering reflections after Jane
Reflections After Jane was written by Alasdair MacLean.
Reflections After Jane was produced by The Clientele.