In an interview about the song's lyrics, bass player
Nicky Wire approached the topic of whether the song was about former band member,
Richey Edwards or not, Wire stated that: :People might have the idea that this song contains a lot of Richey references but it really isn’t about that, it's about the
Øresund Bridge that joins Sweden and Denmark. A long time ago when we were crossing that bridge I was flagging and thinking about leaving the band (the "fatal friend"). It's about the idea of bridges allowing you an out of body experience as you leave and arrive in different places. The band, especially Wire, have stated that he wrote the song at a critical time, when he was, as described above, tired of being in the band, and he wrote the lyrics thinking of that subject. He later felt differently after a gig in
Denmark. ==Release==