Discover the story of the song > Bleeder – Alkaline Trio

The protagonist is describing how his partner came into his life like a dream, but just as the best part of the dream starts, it abruptly ends. He compares this feeling to the interruption of a soothing moment by the sound of a telephone ringing. His partner broke him like a cigarette, similar to when he quit smoking and broke a cigarette on that day. Now that he's been drinking, he's out of cigarettes and wishes he had one. He wakes up to the realization that his partner is gone and feels a daily headache from missing her. He admits that he's truly happy in his heart and head, but he never said it to her. He describes his heart as a lonely liver suspended in liquid, implying that it's aching for what his partner never did.