I didn't interpret this as being metaphorical. I think he spends the night with the prostitute not because he's horny, but because he's lonely. These lines seem to depict a certain sense of admiration because he finds this woman to be beautiful. When he says, "I don't mind what you decide to swear by," he is saying that he doesn't care what she thinks.
Even if to her, he is just another customer, his experience is much deeper than that. This line could mean a couple different things. For one, it could be his admission that although he feels a connection with her, she has no reason to be with him tonight besides money. But the way I first thought of it was that she stayed the whole night. She was going to leave to either go to sleep or find another customer or whatever prostitutes do, but he wanted to sleep with her.
And I mean, actually sleep. After the sex. He wants this because he feels alone and being with a beautiful woman, he feels connected to someone. And it's important to him. He loves this woman. And not in the way that you love a friend or girlfriend or boyfriend or spouse or family member. It's just a sort of adoration and thankfulness for making him feel less alone, if only for the night.
This was a great interpretation with a very beautiful and human feel to it. Just thinking about this idea while listening to the song feels right, kudos. Great interpretation. The 'we' is rhetorical. There is this void within one's self that echoes only one's thoughts. The very depths of despair. And he sought a prostitute believing it would cure what ails him. Lmao, I didn't even read the rest of the comments because I completely agree with you.
This is off of his new upcoming CD "March of the Zapotec". I think it'll be released in February. This song is really deep for a song with few words and a simple tune. I usually don't like electronic tunes, but it's definitely appropriate here. For me, maybe because I'm hearing this song in the midst of a certain situation, and I'm putting the song into that context And that Love is sort of fantastical and magic, but you let yourself believe that it is real.
