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The song is about the protagonist's love for a girl who doesn't really exist. He's been coming to her multiple times and doing things she wants him to do, but she's just a word he uses to represent something he's lost or never had. It's like she's a symbol for his pain and he finds comfort in using her name. The last time he sees her, he realizes that she's just a figment of his imagination and his love for her is just a representation of his own desires.