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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.

โ€œAutomatic loverโ€ suggests someone ready to respond immediately, almost like a machine that works at the push of a button. โ€œYour wish is my commandโ€ is an idiom meaning โ€œIโ€™ll do what you ask,โ€ though here it also adds to the speakerโ€™s exaggerated, eager persona. The images of โ€œburning desireโ€ and setting someone โ€œon fireโ€ are figurative: they describe strong passion, not literal flames.

Some lines are deliberately puzzling, especially the references to โ€œreincarnation,โ€ being โ€œa teacher, not a man,โ€ and โ€œsuper-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 โ€œI canโ€™t control myself.โ€ That contrast leaves some ambiguity about whether the speaker is playfully performing a persona or expressing genuine emotional intensity.