Discover the story of the song > Queen Of Pain – Alkaline Trio

The protagonist is talking about a fire that is starting somewhere and suggests that it might be in his partner. He says that they are tired of pretending to be nice and that they are going out into the city at night like vampires. The protagonist comments on his partner's strange behavior, saying that she claimed to be cooling down from the idea of leaving him by doing weird things in the bathroom. There is something important that he needs to tell her because they may not have much time left. He talks about how he has never seen arms and scars like hers, and how her eyes are big and bright like stars. He also mentions that she once said he made her smile, but they both know it was not true. Despite not being very funny, he would even eat poison for her. He calls himself her loyal king of pain.