𝐰𝐡𝐲 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐲𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐚𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: 𝐀 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝

"𝐰𝐨𝐤𝐞 𝐮𝐩 𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐥 𝐫𝐨𝐨𝐦
𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐦𝐲𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟, 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮?" - the song is heartbreaking right from the start and a lot of people found humour in this line because of him talking about masturbation +

however, this line is so sad when you start to think about it. H was so used to constantly being around this person and associated his pleasure with them and so when they're no longer there and he is on his own, he no longer finds pleasure in it and is left feeling lonely

this is then followed by him talking about going to sleep and getting drunk which shows that he's doing anything he can to try and forget about them and feel okay but it ends up making him feel worse and he's aware that it's not a good coping mechanism

"𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐬𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐨 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝" - in most relationships, after they end both partners cut off contact and no longer speak. H is implying that he would rather have a tense conversation or an argument with this person than +

carry on pretending that they don't know eachother and that nothing ever happened between them. he's sick of staying silent just to keep them happy and comfortable

"𝐰𝐡𝐲 𝐰𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐤?" - H is constantly feeling weak and reaching out to this person in hopes of rekindling the relationship but this person never calls back or talks to him +

because they're doing okay and moving on and being happy without him whilst H is struggling and doing anything to get them back or at least just hear their voice

"𝐢 𝐬𝐚𝐰 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤, 𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐞" - H is desperate to know how they're doing but knows that he can't call so he's started relying on other people +

because he needs to know if they're feeling as broken as he is, when H sings lower notes on the "he said you feel just fine" it shows how disappointed he is that they don't miss him and are moving on just fine without him

"𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐞" - H had fallen into a sense of normality with this person and began to take little things like a borrowed tshirt for granted but he is now realising that he wasn't this persons one and only +

and is easily being replaced by someone else and they're now doing all these things he took for granted. this line hurts a lot because it highlights him being jealous and bitter despite having no valid reason to be +

this is shown again when he says that the look is all over his face, to me this suggests that the man is smug and knows that he now has the person harry wants the most and there's nothing he can do about it

"𝐰𝐡𝐲 𝐰𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐚𝐲 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐚𝐲?" - to me this line implies that H and the person never ended on clear terms and he has no clarity as to why they ended. this is making it harder for H +

to move on and find someone new and all he wants is peace of mind and closure as to what he could've possibly done for them to end like this

"𝐌𝐚𝐲𝐛𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐲𝐨𝐮'𝐥𝐥 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐦𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮'𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐲 𝐭𝐨𝐨, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮, 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐝𝐨" - this whole section builds as it progresses which implies him gaining hope that they'll reach out +

but then it all stops and falls back down when he says 'but you, you never do' which shows that he's been hit with the reality that they're never coming back to him and they've moved on and are happy

"𝐰𝐨𝐤𝐞 𝐮𝐩 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐢𝐫𝐥 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮, 𝐢 𝐚𝐥𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐞" - H is aware that he can't get this person back but craves the feeling of being with them so he goes out of his way for the next best thing +

he is using this as a security blanket as he can imagine that he is back with the person he wants and loves but as he goes out to say their name he is reminded that it isn't really them and he's just imagining that it is

overall, the song talks about the feeling after a breakup where you feel as though you were more in love with the person than they were and you can't help but feel like it wasn't genuine because if they loved you, how could they move on so fast?

it shows the desperation you feel fresh after a breakup where all you want to do is reach out and speak to them and tell them things like you used to but you know that you can't because there's now a wall between you and you're not what you used to be

- end of thread, i might have missed a couple of points but i was just kind of rambling as it came into my head -

obviously anything i say is just MY view of it, i don't actually 100% know what the song is about