I feel the song deals with addiction and relapse. Hear me out. this is my first post btw.... Addiction is lonely and relapse is very depressing but oh so comforting. it's like an old familiar friend coming lying next to you. even when youre completely alone. Even as a child she may have dealt with addiction but more like the monster it truly is (from an addicted parent). She'd always known there was something to be frightened of. And now as an adult who is "breaking down", even with her eyes shut tight she feels that old familiar "friend" ("sting" in the words of Trent Reznor and J. Cash), coming and lying down next to her. True it may not be her addiction, heroin addiction or addiction at all, and this is all speculation but, I thought it was a more insightful explanation than "being lonely".
I feel the song deals with addiction and relapse. Hear me out. this is my first post btw.... Addiction is lonely and relapse is very depressing but oh so comforting. it's like an old familiar friend coming lying next to you. even when youre completely alone. Even as a child she may have dealt with addiction but more like the monster it truly is (from an addicted parent). She'd always known there was something to be frightened of. And now as an adult who is "breaking down", even with her eyes shut tight she feels that old familiar "friend" ("sting" in the words of Trent Reznor and J. Cash), coming and lying down next to her. True it may not be her addiction, heroin addiction or addiction at all, and this is all speculation but, I thought it was a more insightful explanation than "being lonely".