絕對空虛

「late of a winter night--And I unremark'd seated in a corner;」

來自這首詩：

 Glimpse

A GLIMPSE, through an interstice caught,

Of a crowd of workmen and drivers in a bar-room, around the stove,

late of a winter night--And I unremark'd seated in a corner;
Of a youth who loves me, and whom I love, silently approaching, and
seating himself near, that he may hold me by the hand;
A long while, amid the noises of coming and going--of drinking and
oath and smutty jest,

There we two, content, happy in being together, speaking little,
perhaps not a word.

詩中的情侶旁若無人地「秀」恩愛，享受愛情的甜蜜，歌曲的主角獨個兒在品嘗失戀帶來的痛苦。