On the 11 May 2006 episode of Loveline, Ville Valo confirmed that the song was inspired by skateboarder Brandon Novak, who blamed his heroin addiction on a need to, as he put it, "kill the loneliness".
Brandon | Brandon, Manitoba | Novak Djokovic | Robert Novak | Brandon Lee | Michael Novak | Kim Novak | Brandon Flowers | Brandon Routh | Brandon Peterson | Brandon, Florida | Brandon Backe | Harry Novak | Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk | Brandon T. Jackson | Brandon Sanderson | Brandon Novak | Brandon Marshall | Brandon Hammond | Brandon Guyer | Brandon Carter | Vítězslav Novák | Tom Novak | Brandon Weeden | Brandon Vietti | Brandon Thomas | Brandon, Suffolk | Brandon Paulson | Brandon McCarthy | Brandon Kirsch |
Just when you thought the plot couldn't be any more contrived, the triteness increases as Lenny and Rut Ru up the ante, culminating in cameos by Jimmy Pop and Jared Hasselhoff of the Bloodhound Gang, Don Vito, Rake Yohn, Compton Ass Terry, The Dudesons, Phil Margera, April Margera, Brandon Novak, Gina Lynn, Jess Margera, Chad I. Ginsburg, Ryan Gee, Joe Frantz!