Each number after the first one is a pun. "They are 1 person." There's a different word game in the chorus. This is the love interest, the Columbine to the Harlequin, an equally confused young lady who is trying to leave, but instead "lingers" feeling "lost." She is drawn to a love connection, but she is "choking" on admitting it. "Stand by the stairway." is new set of alliterations, this time "S", "C" and "L". But has she really left? He doesn't know if his love interest is entering or leaving his life ("hello" or "goodbye"). Now that his lover is gone, he pines and misses her. "Wordlessly waiting." this is alliterations again, this time with the W first, and then the H. This stanza is a portrait of a confused (and like the original "Harlequin", speechless) young man who is attracted (as so many of us are) to an elusive lover that is leaving ("sound of goodbye"). In the Italian Commedia dell'arte theater tradition, "Harlequin" was the name given to a clown/mime figure who was also usually the young male romantic lead. "Helplessly hoping." this is a series of alliterations built first on "H" and then on "W," and "G". I'd venture that it's a romance built largely around the wordplay in the lyrics. You are correct, this song is about two young lovers.
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