I get the feeling this song is about someone who has commited suicide, and the 'I' in the song regrets not seeing the signs, and can't help feeling like they should have been able to help. "I can't forget the ghost of his smile" to me says that maybe the person seemed happy, but wasn't really, and there's a sort of guilt for not seeing through the ghost of a smile, like the 'I' is blaming himself. "We thought he was doing alright" again says how he didn't realise the smile wasn't genuine.
The last verse, "hell it's a hard world for little things", makes me think of a suicide victim aswell.
I get the feeling this song is about someone who has commited suicide, and the 'I' in the song regrets not seeing the signs, and can't help feeling like they should have been able to help. "I can't forget the ghost of his smile" to me says that maybe the person seemed happy, but wasn't really, and there's a sort of guilt for not seeing through the ghost of a smile, like the 'I' is blaming himself. "We thought he was doing alright" again says how he didn't realise the smile wasn't genuine. The last verse, "hell it's a hard world for little things", makes me think of a suicide victim aswell.