Despair in the Departure Lounge Lyrics

Lyric discussion by masonwilliamh 

Cover art for Despair in the Departure Lounge lyrics by Arctic Monkeys

I'm reading the comments and it seems like most people interpret this as him having a girl break up with him or something, but the first line makes me think someone close to him died? "He's pining for her in a people carrier", just the fact that people refer to coffins as "the old pine box" and how a coffin would be carrying a person... Just a thought, I don't know if it's correct. I just happened upon this song, and an old friend of mine passed away early yesterday morning and it just fit the scenario a bit..

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