Lyric discussion by adiwack 

Cover art for I'll Be Damned lyrics by Pianos Become The Teeth

He feels completely distraught and no matter what he does or how he thinks, he's reminded of that person, and he feels "if they didn't tell me the truth", why should he be honest with himself, so he just fades away into his own despair, and tries to create some kind of perfection with his desperation, but he just ends up being a ghost , just like how that person died.