If you listen to the words of the song, you will realize that it is about a one-night stand. Some vagrant is passing through town, and he wants to get his rocks off. He picks the first likely slut who will listen to him and makes his proposition -- let me fuck you, and you'll never see me again. We don't know how the slut reacts, because she isn't singing, but chances are she will say yes.
There is nothing in the least romantic in this situation. It's tawdry, cheap and vulgar. It happens in every town every night to low-life, trash human beings with no moral values and no investment in society. A punk picks up a slut and fucks her, then he quickly goes away and hopes she never is able to contact him again. Not romantic in any way.
Woah, thanks for ruining one of my favorite songs, lol.
But hey, that make a lot of sense and you’re probably 90ish% correct there. I have to say you’re wrong on one point, though: one night stands are totally romantic if you’re a whore that’s into sleeping with mysterious men that like to travel aimlessly.
Edit: it also appears from this girl’s take that she thinks the singer is going to die soon, maybe? “Life is short and precious, so fuck a stranger?” Damn, man, I don’t know anymore.
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