He never lived alone, or, when he could sleep he didn't live alone. He's saying he lived alone, because when he was with someone he was so carefree that he didn't even think of the possibility of ever losing that. He was alone in the sense that he had no worries about these issues. Taking his partner (yeah, let's say it's about a love relationship to simplify it) for granted during the relationship, he was too late in realizing what he was blessed with. Once she left him, he is haunted by what he once had in flesh but now only has in memory. He can't sleep anymore, and he had no idea he was so depending on his partner until he was left alone. He did not realize what he had until it was gone.
The ghost troubling him is coming to terms with being alone again, having to re-learn every-day life such as sleeping and eating, without the companionship he once had.
That's my interpretation, probably because that's exactly what I'm going through right now. I was so blind to what a wonderful thing I had, and when I realized it was too late. And now I'm alone and haunted by what could have been if I hadn't been so fucking slow. I'm a moron. A heartbroken moron :(
My interpretation is this.
He never lived alone, or, when he could sleep he didn't live alone. He's saying he lived alone, because when he was with someone he was so carefree that he didn't even think of the possibility of ever losing that. He was alone in the sense that he had no worries about these issues. Taking his partner (yeah, let's say it's about a love relationship to simplify it) for granted during the relationship, he was too late in realizing what he was blessed with. Once she left him, he is haunted by what he once had in flesh but now only has in memory. He can't sleep anymore, and he had no idea he was so depending on his partner until he was left alone. He did not realize what he had until it was gone. The ghost troubling him is coming to terms with being alone again, having to re-learn every-day life such as sleeping and eating, without the companionship he once had. That's my interpretation, probably because that's exactly what I'm going through right now. I was so blind to what a wonderful thing I had, and when I realized it was too late. And now I'm alone and haunted by what could have been if I hadn't been so fucking slow. I'm a moron. A heartbroken moron :(
he says he COULD sleep when he lived alone.
he says he COULD sleep when he lived alone.