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Hello Mike!

** On Friday 13.05.22 - 16:36, you wrote to me:

 MP> The reference lead a lot of fans, myself included, to
 MP> assume the song was about infidelity.  The band claims it
 MP> is not, but it sure fits the lyrics!

As I said, I paid little mind to lyrics back then. It was the  
music that was most amazing to me.

Now.. as I dig into the lyrics that is made so convenient  
through various sites, some of it seems very weird:

She said, "I'm here on a shore leave,"
Though we were miles at sea.
I pointed out this detail
And forced her to agree,
Saying, "You must be the mermaid
Who took King Neptune for a ride. "
And she smiled at me so sweetly
That my anger straightway died.

WTF?  :/   "shore leave" yet "miles at sea"  What does that  
actually mean?

"took Neptune for a ride" == sexual innuendo?
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