First of all, I really like the song and it holds meaning for me. I really don't like the girl getting murdered, as it makes this man more of a serial killer than a lover. However, considering the song a metaphor rather than a story without metaphor makes more sense to me. It seems to me that the man he used to be was once again becoming that man, and he needed to respond to this in a firm manner. The girl then represents his relationship with alcohol that he thought was over, even though he was aware it walked beside him, he thought he had overcome it well enough. Once he realized this was not the case he became violent and buried this new beginning of the old life as deep as he possibly could and moved on, hoping to finally become more grounded in his relationship with sobriety.
First of all, I really like the song and it holds meaning for me. I really don't like the girl getting murdered, as it makes this man more of a serial killer than a lover. However, considering the song a metaphor rather than a story without metaphor makes more sense to me. It seems to me that the man he used to be was once again becoming that man, and he needed to respond to this in a firm manner. The girl then represents his relationship with alcohol that he thought was over, even though he was aware it walked beside him, he thought he had overcome it well enough. Once he realized this was not the case he became violent and buried this new beginning of the old life as deep as he possibly could and moved on, hoping to finally become more grounded in his relationship with sobriety.