This song is about the 2012 suicide of Joel's girlfriend who he also wrote "Don't you dare forget the sun." and "Cynical skin." about with get scared. The second verse, and bridge detail some of the issues in their relationship that arose as a result of her declining mental health, which even lead her to become toxic to a certain extent, which is why he says, "This poison has to love me more than you ever could."
This song is about the 2012 suicide of Joel's girlfriend who he also wrote "Don't you dare forget the sun." and "Cynical skin." about with get scared. The second verse, and bridge detail some of the issues in their relationship that arose as a result of her declining mental health, which even lead her to become toxic to a certain extent, which is why he says, "This poison has to love me more than you ever could."