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".
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Making a guest appearance in the video is tattoo artist Kat Von D, known from the reality television series LA Ink and Miami Ink.
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