This is one of the few Robbie songs that doesn't leave too much to the imagination. It is either entirely fictious or very literal and given his interest in the paranormal it does give one reason to question.
Ghosts, demons, monsters, they can have any number of interpretations and historically when used in reference to R.W. they tend to be with regards to drug and alcohol abuse. In the case of this song however, no such reference is made. It seems to be speaking quite directly and honestly about ghosts and demons to a literal someone. "don't send the sandman to a sensitive kid," and "you're breaking my heart." These lyrics are poignant and disturbing, not because they can't be true, but because to the person that wrote them they might be.
R.W. seems far to sane, generally even (with the exception of the odd flights of fancy) and frankly intelligent to assume something as far as drug induced psychosis. So assuming then that this song is not gobbledegook written for the sake of writing, then this is the story of him fighting demons, literal ones and winning...and that there's someone else..."you're breaking my heart." If true, it is both terrifying and heartbreaking, though certainly an accident where further disaster can only be avoided by avoidance hence the heartbreak which is certain to be reciprocated.
This is one of the few Robbie songs that doesn't leave too much to the imagination. It is either entirely fictious or very literal and given his interest in the paranormal it does give one reason to question.
Ghosts, demons, monsters, they can have any number of interpretations and historically when used in reference to R.W. they tend to be with regards to drug and alcohol abuse. In the case of this song however, no such reference is made. It seems to be speaking quite directly and honestly about ghosts and demons to a literal someone. "don't send the sandman to a sensitive kid," and "you're breaking my heart." These lyrics are poignant and disturbing, not because they can't be true, but because to the person that wrote them they might be.
R.W. seems far to sane, generally even (with the exception of the odd flights of fancy) and frankly intelligent to assume something as far as drug induced psychosis. So assuming then that this song is not gobbledegook written for the sake of writing, then this is the story of him fighting demons, literal ones and winning...and that there's someone else..."you're breaking my heart." If true, it is both terrifying and heartbreaking, though certainly an accident where further disaster can only be avoided by avoidance hence the heartbreak which is certain to be reciprocated.