This song is about Sting's ex-wife. He said he was having a "mental breakdown" after the dissolution of the marriage and went through "hell" He was married to Frances Tomelty from 1976 to 1982 and was a serial philanderer throughout their marriage by all accounts but made the mistake of having an affair with his wife's best friend while she was pregnant with his second child. That was apparently the nail in the coffin for the marriage. She filed for divorce the same year the song was written.
This song is about Sting's ex-wife. He said he was having a "mental breakdown" after the dissolution of the marriage and went through "hell" He was married to Frances Tomelty from 1976 to 1982 and was a serial philanderer throughout their marriage by all accounts but made the mistake of having an affair with his wife's best friend while she was pregnant with his second child. That was apparently the nail in the coffin for the marriage. She filed for divorce the same year the song was written.