He's taunting and rebuking a delusional and obsessive yet frivolous drama-queen lover, perhaps one with a personality disorder (I'm getting a whiff of Borderline here in particular). The amorous times they'd had together were deliriously all-consuming, but now he's recognized her fickle madness for what it is and telling her he's had enough; the amazing sex isn't worth the tradeoff for his peace of mind anymore. For all her desperation to keep him forever, her tenuous grasp of actuality always winds up making her relationships unstable, and he's been little more than a way for her to avoid dealing with the realities of her life by escaping into a dramatic and unrealistic romantic fantasy.
@SubGothius I think the "frivolous" is the key. It's not just the sex that sucked him in. He wanted someone who desperately needs him to share the insights they both bring back from struggling on the edge of madness, and he thought that's what he found. But it turns out that's not who she is. Yes, she does desperately need him, but only to kill time. He's no good at that, he doesn't want to be any good at that, and if only she'd recognize that about him, she'd leave him alone and he'd be free. But she's not capable...
@SubGothius I think the "frivolous" is the key. It's not just the sex that sucked him in. He wanted someone who desperately needs him to share the insights they both bring back from struggling on the edge of madness, and he thought that's what he found. But it turns out that's not who she is. Yes, she does desperately need him, but only to kill time. He's no good at that, he doesn't want to be any good at that, and if only she'd recognize that about him, she'd leave him alone and he'd be free. But she's not capable of seeing that, so he's trapped forever.
He's taunting and rebuking a delusional and obsessive yet frivolous drama-queen lover, perhaps one with a personality disorder (I'm getting a whiff of Borderline here in particular). The amorous times they'd had together were deliriously all-consuming, but now he's recognized her fickle madness for what it is and telling her he's had enough; the amazing sex isn't worth the tradeoff for his peace of mind anymore. For all her desperation to keep him forever, her tenuous grasp of actuality always winds up making her relationships unstable, and he's been little more than a way for her to avoid dealing with the realities of her life by escaping into a dramatic and unrealistic romantic fantasy.
@SubGothius I think the "frivolous" is the key. It's not just the sex that sucked him in. He wanted someone who desperately needs him to share the insights they both bring back from struggling on the edge of madness, and he thought that's what he found. But it turns out that's not who she is. Yes, she does desperately need him, but only to kill time. He's no good at that, he doesn't want to be any good at that, and if only she'd recognize that about him, she'd leave him alone and he'd be free. But she's not capable...
@SubGothius I think the "frivolous" is the key. It's not just the sex that sucked him in. He wanted someone who desperately needs him to share the insights they both bring back from struggling on the edge of madness, and he thought that's what he found. But it turns out that's not who she is. Yes, she does desperately need him, but only to kill time. He's no good at that, he doesn't want to be any good at that, and if only she'd recognize that about him, she'd leave him alone and he'd be free. But she's not capable of seeing that, so he's trapped forever.