Like many others, I believe this song is about a girl dying (from an unknown cause, maybe a sickness, cancer?) and then describing how he copes with it. I find the chorus to be just a filler, because if you read the lyrics between the repeated chorus, it really tells a story.
This is my interpretation of it. The first two paragraphs, in my opinion, are about his lover being in the hospital, in a hospital bed. He just wants to 'shut the door' and 'turn the lights off', and just be with her. Enjoy these moments. The second paragraph, is about him laying down beside her. He starts to realize in his head what is going on. 'Heart beats harder' and 'Time escapes me' shows he is starting to panic a bit, realizing she is leaving.
Then the chorus interrupts.
Niall's part is next. At this point, I believe the girl has died, and he just 'closes the door' and 'throws the key'. He just walked into his home, as his lover has just passed. His judgement is clouded, as his lover is gone, and he doesn't know what to do with himself.
Next is Louis's part. I picture him just sitting down on his bed, just letting the shock sink in. "Try to scream out my lungs" shows the screams, the horrible sobs of how sad he is that she is gone.
Then the chorus interrupts again.
Now to Zayn's part. "Flashing lights in my mind, going back to the time." He's flashing back through old memories of everything in his life. The good times, mainly. He's in his and his lover's room at the moment, as he references the 'pile of clothes at the end of your bed'. He's standing on the edge of the window. 'As I feel myself fall, make a joke of it all." This shows how by jumping and committing suicide, he just made a 'joke' of his whole life. He wasted it.
Then the chorus comes back, once again, more intensely this time to close the song.
Like many others, I believe this song is about a girl dying (from an unknown cause, maybe a sickness, cancer?) and then describing how he copes with it. I find the chorus to be just a filler, because if you read the lyrics between the repeated chorus, it really tells a story. This is my interpretation of it. The first two paragraphs, in my opinion, are about his lover being in the hospital, in a hospital bed. He just wants to 'shut the door' and 'turn the lights off', and just be with her. Enjoy these moments. The second paragraph, is about him laying down beside her. He starts to realize in his head what is going on. 'Heart beats harder' and 'Time escapes me' shows he is starting to panic a bit, realizing she is leaving.
Then the chorus interrupts.
Niall's part is next. At this point, I believe the girl has died, and he just 'closes the door' and 'throws the key'. He just walked into his home, as his lover has just passed. His judgement is clouded, as his lover is gone, and he doesn't know what to do with himself.
Next is Louis's part. I picture him just sitting down on his bed, just letting the shock sink in. "Try to scream out my lungs" shows the screams, the horrible sobs of how sad he is that she is gone.
Then the chorus interrupts again.
Now to Zayn's part. "Flashing lights in my mind, going back to the time." He's flashing back through old memories of everything in his life. The good times, mainly. He's in his and his lover's room at the moment, as he references the 'pile of clothes at the end of your bed'. He's standing on the edge of the window. 'As I feel myself fall, make a joke of it all." This shows how by jumping and committing suicide, he just made a 'joke' of his whole life. He wasted it.
Then the chorus comes back, once again, more intensely this time to close the song.