A brass trumpet releasing a small cloud of paper stars against a plum background.

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Navin

You know, while you were playing that just now, I had the craziest fantasy that I could rise up and float right down the end of this coronet, right through here, through these vales, right along this tube, and right up against your lips and give you a kiss.

— The Jerk • 1979

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What it means

Our interpretation.

The speaker imagines floating through a brass instrument to reach the player’s lips and kiss them. The fantasy makes music a route toward affection without claiming that the movement actually happens. Readable instrument spelling remains.

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