Here's something to put in your mind, then. It's unrequited love, the young mans career and his business of the day just flying away 'cos he admires the girl from afar so very much. (He's in a strange business, catching birds, but it used to be a living at one point).
It's still cheerful, too. It's the best!
Love Without Hope
Love without hope, as when the young bird-catcher
Swept off his tall hat to the Squire's own daughter,
So let the imprisoned larks escape and fly
Singing about her head, as she rode by.
Robert Graves