[IndispensableDestiny]

Stupidest tune I ever heard on the radio in high school. One long neurotic whine. Sounds better played backwards.

It's a song of grief over the sudden death of a lover or spouse.

[elcid1970]

“It’s a song of grief over the sudden death of a lover or spouse.”

I always thought that about “Whiter Shade of Pale”. Like a Requiem.