Lyric discussion by MarkTomCat 

Cover art for Don't Answer Me lyrics by Alan Parsons Project, The

I had the greatest love affair of my life once, and all of a sudden she completely checked out and disappeared. She wouldn't answer my letters or take my phone calls. I almost never found out what happened. (Later I found out she was an alcoholic and had started drinking again, and attempted suicide.) I think "Don't Answer Me" really means "OK, go ahead then, be that way, don't answer me. What do I care?" Meaning he's dying for an answer.

@MarkTomCat, sounds like someone I know... She did start drinking again and she did commit suicide. We never knew what happened to the man in her life as this was before the internet. I think people thought he could have saved her at one point. I'm sorry to read this hppened to you.

By the way, I completely agree with you on the song meaning.