Rock critic Robert Christgau said the song, "re-created all the paradoxical distances inherent in erotic love with a power worthy of Yeats, yet could also be interpreted as a cocaine song." This is a reference to the first stanza, which includes, "When the wind blows and the rain feels cold, With a head full of snow".
Robert Christgau, a music critic, used the song's first stanza to highlight the paradoxical nature of love and its potential connection to cocaine use. This is based on the line "When the wind blows and the rain feels cold, With a head full of snow".