It's Not True

ok so i kinda disagree with the whole ex-gf theory...i mean yes, the relationship is over...that's a given...but i'm leaning more toward the cause being death. this is due to the fact that he is living with a memory. the first line of the song drove this point home for me. "Should I decide it’s true? That you might leave if given half the chance to go and I be left here on my own, to find myself in bed, wishing everything that changed would be the same." clearly, his memory is keeping her alive and he is in charge of the "decision" to keep her around. Also in the lines, "Room still looks like you, it’s a mess and all the pictures on the shelf, dusted off by someone else, to keep me company, having told her that your thoughts still linger on." only in a situation similar to a death would another woman respect and accept that their partner still has feelings for their previous lover.

just a hunch...who knows...just listen to the song with that concept in mind. there are several subtle hints that suggests that she has passed.