Automatic Lover
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The speaker presents himself as a lover who is always available: the other person only has to call. The mood is bold, playful, and increasingly intense. At first, the repeated invitation sounds like a promise of easy connection; later, the speaker describes growing desire and says he cannot control his feelings, giving the song a more urgent tone.
โAutomatic loverโ suggests someone ready to respond immediately, almost like a machine that works at the push of a button. โYour wish is my commandโ is an idiom meaning โIโll do what you ask,โ though here it also adds to the speakerโs exaggerated, eager persona. The images of โburning desireโ and setting someone โon fireโ are figurative: they describe strong passion, not literal flames.
Some lines are deliberately puzzling, especially the references to โreincarnation,โ being โa teacher, not a man,โ and โsuper-magic-space-erotic ecstasies.โ They may create a strange, futuristic or fantastical mood rather than tell a clear story. The lyrics can be heard as confident flirtation, but the repeated claims of control and availability sit beside the admission โI canโt control myself.โ That contrast leaves some ambiguity about whether the speaker is playfully performing a persona or expressing genuine emotional intensity.