American Pie as the clue..... Hmmmmm has me thinking about Don Mclean and some connection to Abba, Rose Royce and Marvin Gaye, which I can't come up with. I thought that maybe these songs were somehow connected to Don, but it does not seem to be the case.

So maybe American Pie refers more to the song which starts like this:

Long long time ago, I can still remember
How that music used to make me smile
And I knew if I had my chance
That I could make those people dance
And maybe they'd be happy for a while
But February made me shiver
With every paper I'd deliver
Bad news on the doorstep
I couldn't take one more step
I can't remember if I cried
When I read about his widowed bride
But something touched me deep inside
The day the music died
So bye-bye, Miss American Pie
Drove my Chevy to the levee
But the levee was dry
Them good old boys were drinking whiskey and rye
Singing, "This'll be the day that I die"
This will be the day that I die

So maybe the common connection is more around the end of something that you can't get back or unreciprocated love perhaps.. I include a snippet from each song with this theme apparent.

Royce sings:

"You abandoned me
Love don't live here anymore
Just a vacancy
Love don't live here anymore"

Gaye sings:

"I wanted you
For a long time
I wanted you
More than you can imagine
Oh baby, so fine, ow!
I want you - the right way, baby
I want you, baby
But I want you to want me too, baby"

Abba sings:

"Now and then become entwined, playing games within my mind
Like the embers as they die
Love was one prolonged goodbye
And it all comes back to me tonight
In the gloom
Like an angel passing through my room"

Anyway probably much more simple than this, but that's what I took from it!!